Flying Start

There are a few things that you could start doing right now to instantly improve your brain's performance and get you off to a flying start. Let's call them Brain Optimization Tips, or BOPs for short. You can follow these simple suggestions to get your brain firing on all cylinders each and every day. Here are five for starters:

BOP1: Water – Start every single day by rehydrating your brain

Believe it or not your brain is 73% water. The efficiency with which it can send electrical messages around the 100,000 miles of brain wires is compromised when you are dehydrated. The trouble is you wake up slightly dehydrated every single day. How do we know this? Well, if you managed to survive the night then you can't have stopped breathing. ...

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