May 9, 2018   SOURCE: PR NewsWire

TONE Networks Expert Dr. Tracy Alloway Offers Tips to Boost Mental Fitness for Mental Health Awareness Month

TONE Networks Expert Dr. Tracy Alloway Offers Tips to Boost Mental Fitness for Mental Health Awareness Month

--Eat Red Meat and Chew Peppermint Gum Make the List--

NEW YORK, May 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Physical fitness seems to always be a hot topic but TONE Networks, a video and social network for women, believes mental fitness should be top of mind in May during Mental Health Awareness Month.

TONE Expert, Dr. Tracy Alloway, a psychologist, author and a working memory expert, offers these five tips to boost mental fitness:

    1. Take off your shoes and go for a run  Dr. Alloway's research is the first
       to show that running barefoot leads to better cognitive performance than
       running with shoes, regardless of running speed or heart rate. One of the
       reasons that barefoot running can improve mental fitness is because you
       have to engage your attention and working memory to avoid stepping on
       potentially painful objects.


    2. Eat like a carnivore  Red meat contains two working memory-friendly
       nutrients: carnitine and vitamin B-12. Carnitine helps your body burn
       fat, and it is also associated with speeding up signals between neurons.
       The human body naturally produces carnitine in the liver and kidneys,
       though there is evidence to suggest that the older you get, the more you
       benefit from consuming it.


    3. Climb a tree  Climbing a tree has dramatic working memory benefits.
       Proprioception, the awareness of body positioning and orientation, may
       place a greater demand on working memory because as environment and
       terrain changes, the individual recruits working memory to update
       information to adapt appropriately.


    4. Chew some peppermint gum   Chewing gum can improve both long-term and
       short-term memory. One explanation for this memory boost could be due the
       increased activation in the hippocampus, an area important for memory. It
       could also be due to increased heart rate, which is a potential cognitive
       enhancer.

    5. Sleep on it  Recent research shows that we are more likely to remember
       information if we learn it just before bedtime because the sleep process
       helps us consolidate memories.

New York City-based TONE Networks delivers real advice from real experts in real time, via short videos, helping busy women grow personally and professionally. Author of The Working Memory Advantage, Tracy Packiam Alloway, PhD, is TONE's "Brain Trainer" providing members tips on training the brain to function stronger, smarter and faster. Learn more at www.tonenetworks.com and www.tracyalloway.com

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