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7 Ways to improve concentration

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When it comes to brain health, we often focus on the importance of memory but did you know that there are things that can be done to improve focus and concentration skills as well?

Concentration skills involve the use of mental focus that is directed towards something you are working on or learning at the moment. It should not be confused with your attention span as attention span involves the length of time you are able to concentrate.

As humans age, biochemical alterations can adversely affect the brain and result in structural deterioration and impaired neurotransmission. Phosphatidylserine is a major component of brain and nerve cell membranes and is found to support healthy brain function in older adults. It is also a key ingredient in our Ultimate Mind Cookie.

Why do we lose concentration?

Our brains begin to lose concentration due to stress, lack of sleep, and general ageing and this causes us to take longer to absorb, process, and remember new information. The natural and gradual loss of receptors and neurons in the brain can also lead to poor concentration.

1) Consume Phosphatidylserine supplements

Phosphatidylserine plays an important role in keeping your mind and memory sharp as the level of this substance in the brain decreases with age.

Several studies show that people who took the supplement scored higher on short-term memory, mood, and concentration tests as they could better recall names and objects.

Phosphatidylserine is a key ingredient in the Ultimate Mind Cookie and is required for healthy nerve cell membranes and myelin. It has been shown to promote brain health for seniors with cognitive decline in over 50 clinical trials that have studied the effectiveness of this ingredient.

The Ultimate Mind Cookie can help you with the ability to focus attention and concentrate, the ability to reason and solve problems, language skills, and the ability to communicate.

Other ingredients that can help improve concentration

Black Soybean Hull

The black variety of soybean is higher in some phytonutrients, including antioxidants that are similar to blueberries and raspberries.

The dark exterior of the black soybean contains antioxidants that help reduce the risk of chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and even some cancers.

The black soybean hull extract found in Ultimate Mind Cookie has been shown by scientific research to have many benefits in promoting health and preventing diseases. The antioxidant polyphenols in black soybean hull extract (particularly anthocyanins) may help in maintaining cardiovascular health, ageing and brain health, urinary tract health, and promote healthy vision.

Eyebright

The eyes are an important sense we utilize to improve concentration. Eyebright is a herb that commonly grows in Europe, Asia, and North America and is used in homoeopathy, a form of natural medicine that uses extremely diluted substances for treatments (however, it is scientifically dubious).

Eyebright contains several beneficial plant compounds, including the flavonoids luteolin and quercetin that is responsible to prevent the triggers of allergy symptoms like runny nose and watery eyes.

The herb can be found in the Ultimate Mind Cookie as it is also known for providing numerous other biological benefits including anti-inflammatory properties, antioxidants, antimicrobial, anticancer, antifungal, antiviral, hypotensive, hepatoprotection, anti-epileptic, and anti-catarrhal activities.

Having the right supplement can help you improve concentration but there are also other things you can do to improve it.

2) You can train your brain

There are plenty of games that can help you improve your focus and concentrate better.

You can try playing:

sudoku
crossword puzzles
chess
jigsaw puzzles
word searches or scrambles
memory games

Research has shown that playing these brain training games for 15 minutes per day has been proven to help with concentration and develop your working and short-term memory along with processing and problem-solving skills.

3) Get better quality sleep

Sleep deprivation is known to be a major catalyst for many health problems. It disrupts concentration and other cognitive functions such as memory and attention.

Having too little sleep can also slow down your reflexes and affect your ability to stay focused on daily tasks such as driving.

Experts recommend around 7 to 8 hours of sleep each night and taking magnesium and melatonin supplements can help improve sleep quality.

4) Exercise regularly

Any type of physical movement is good for your body.

Leisurely walks in nature can help boost concentration naturally and relieve stress.

Cardiovascular and aerobic activity is great for heart health and can help burn fat to help achieve an overall healthy body.

When your physical body is healthy, your mind will automatically be healthy as well.

Regular exercise can help you stay focused and improve mental focus in the long run.

5) Meditate

Meditation and mindfulness practices help you improve mental focus by learning to stay in the present moment whilst you ignore distractions.

This doesn’t just mean sitting silently in a corner whilst practising mindfulness breathing sessions, you can also do yoga, pilates, or stretching to remain focused on the present moment.

You can try playing some relaxing background music whilst you meditate to eliminate distractions. It is better to meditate in a private room so that you can focus on improving concentration.

If you are someone who is easily distracted, you can buy noise-cancelling headphones to help with eliminating distractions that affect concentration.

The goal of any meditative exercise is to calm and relax the mind.

6) Incorporate concentration workouts

Regardless of your age, you can practice brain workouts to improve concentration.

Some of these activities include:

Drawing for 15 minutes
Tossing a ball with someone or the wall to practice concentrating.
Set a timer for 3 to 5 minutes. Try to blink as little as possible.
Suck on a lollipop or hard candy until it’s gone — resist the urge to bite into it. Pay attention to the flavour, the sensation of the candy on your tongue, and how long it takes to eat it completely.

These workouts help you stay alert and focus on specific tasks to practice concentration.

7) Avoid multitasking

Multitasking has become part of our daily life.

Studies have shown that our brain is not designed to cope with doing several things at once. What our brain is actually doing is switching from one thing to another. This causes us to lose our attention on any of those specific tasks.

Many of us may not even realize we are doing it, but if you’re picking up children from school while talking on the phone and trying to work out when to schedule an appointment, that is multitasking.

If you have the chance to tackle one thing at a time, you might find you can concentrate better on each of them.