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Brain Food
Part of 5/23

lling in the spaces between brain cells and helping the brain to absorb nutrients form proteins and flush out waste products. Water is vital to human life – and as it turns out to your intelligence.
Here’s the key message: Staying hydrated makes you smarter.
Research shows that drinking eight to ten cups or about two liters of water per day can boost your brain’s performance by almost 30 percent. Meanwhile dehydration accelerates brain shrinkage. The good news is you can fully reverse the effects of dehydration in just days by drinking more water.
It’s important to drink hard water which is what you get from your tap or bottled spring water. This water is high in minerals like calcium and magnesium as opposed to nutritionally void purified water. Bottled water often tastes better but it can be expensive – and it also creates a lot of plastic waste. Instead consider investing in a high-quality faucet filter for your tap water at home that will remove contaminants but leave precious m