Quick Brain Health Tip
There is one easy step you can take today, now, right this moment to keep your brain working well. It’s amazing how overlooked this step can be, but it is so important, and such an easy thing to add into any brain nutrition plan: drink lots of water.
Ever gone out for a night on the town and had a few too many drinks? Ever woken up the next morning with a really bad headache? Well, the source of that headache wasn’t the alcohol you drank. (Well, the alcohol played a part, for sure.) But when you drank all that alcohol, it actually causes dehydration to occur in your brain. (That’s why the best way to stave off a hangover is to drink lots of water while you are drinking the alcohol… but that’s a discussion for another time.) Alcohol causes your brain to dehydrate and the pounding headache the next day is your parched, thirsty brain screaming at you to drink lots of water.
So just make it a habit: keep your brain nice and hydrated on a regular basis. So much of what we eat and drink can dehydrate us – coffee is one example – so make sure water is a part of your everyday routine.
