as neuroscience and psychology continue
to advance we are quickly realizing that
intelligence is fluid which basically
means that your baseline intelligence
levels and the speed of your cognitive
processes can be improved and this can
happen in some very surprising ways so
here we are presenting 14 hacks to
rapidly increase your intelligence and
develop a lightning-fast brain one
exercise studies have shown time and
time again that physical exercise is
necessary for cognitive health regular
exercise can increase brain function
improve memory speed up cognitive
processes and fight off diseases like
Alzheimer's and dementia luckily you
don't need to spend too much time in the
gym to accomplish your goal of a better
brain experts suggest that 15 minutes of
moderate to intense exercise is all that
is necessary to optimize cognitive
health to get out in the sunlight
ever since the skin cancer scare people
have been avoiding the Sun and covering
their skin with chemicals not only has
this made us all look like vampires but
it's created some very real health
problems most notably of which is
vitamin D deficiency recent studies have
shown a definitive link between vitamin
D deficiency and impaired cognitive
health when you don't get sufficient
amounts of sunlight you can expect to
suffer from mood swings depression
anxiety and a whole slew of other
negative effects so do your brain a
favor and get at least 20 minutes of
direct sunlight every day three get
eight to nine hours of high-quality
sleep we all know that sleep deprivation
can kill you but did you know that it
can literally make you dumber to people
who regularly get six or few hours of
sleep a night are shown to have severe
cognitive impairment that they aren't
even aware of their performance is
slower their intelligence scores are
lower and their general productive
output is only a fraction of what it
could be
if you get only six hours of sleep at
night and you think you're fine
you aren't get seven to nine hours of
sleep at night and you can literally
make yourself smarter for drink coffee
and supplement with creatine separately
the research says that coffee literally
makes you smarter in addition to staving
off depression dementia and Alzheimer's
Coffee has been shown to increase
cognitive output and speed up cognitive
processes similarly a daily five gram
dose of creatine has been shown to have
significant cognitive benefits with
almost no appreciable side-effects just
be sure to take these four to six hours
apart since creatine and caffeine have
been shown in a handful of studies to
have negative chemical interactions with
one another five meditate for ten to
thirty minutes a day
meditation has been shown to help
rebuild gray matter in the brain and
increase cognitive performance
significantly simply sitting down and
following a guided meditation for 10
minutes a day can have huge benefits for
your brain in the long run but down the
TV remote and pick up your headspace app
you won't regret it
six play a variety of different games
that's right you heard it right
different games although there are
definite drawbacks to playing copious
amounts of video games things aren't all
bad many studies have shown that
specific games ranging from call of duty
to Sudoku can have positive cognitive
benefits when practiced and moderate
doses while the correlation is still
under investigation there's enough
evidence present that we recommend
everyone to play some sort of game for
15 to 30 minutes a day 7 pick up a
musical instrument countless studies
have Illustrated a fact that we all
intuitively know music makes you smarter
if you don't know how to play an
instrument now you can use an app like
musician to develop your skills not only
is music an amazing hobby that will do
wonders for your social life but it will
literally rewire your brain and make you
faster and a
learner II volunteer
although volunteering might not directly
increase your intelligence it has a
number of psychological benefits that
serve as neuroprotective studies have
shown that people who regularly
volunteer are a decreased risk for
depression they've also shown that
people who volunteer are more likely to
have heightened levels of happiness and
fulfillment which placing then forget
role in keeping your brain healthy 9 eat
a diet high in healthy fats and low and
processed sugars many studies have shown
that your diet has a huge effect on your
cognitive performance although we have
barely cracked the surface in most of
our research there seems to be a direct
correlation between the foods that you
consume and your cognitive health
specifically studies have shown that
eating 100 grams of healthy dietary fats
like fish olive oil and avocados has a
positive impact on cognition and eating
processed foods has the inverse effect
so eat a healthy diet with plenty of
vegetables and healthy fats and always
think about your brain before swinging
by that donut shop now let's talk about
the 5 habits you must avoid beginning
with number 1 drugs and alcohol the
drugs and alcohol might be fun no doubt
but they kill your brain and make you
dumber than a box of rocks we won't tell
you what to do but if you want to
improve your brain as much as possible
you should avoid the excessive alcohol
majority of illegal and legal drugs that
are on the market too mindless TV shows
like breaking bad are good but avoid
stupid TV at all costs it doesn't add
anything to your life and literally
makes you dumber ya watchin the Jersey
Shore can actually make you as dumb as
the people who act in it 3 eating sugar
we've already mentioned this but it's
worth repeating studies have clearly
shown that sugar makes you dumber
it slows cognitive processes ages your
cells and makes you fat
cut it out of your life and you will be
much better for it for stressing out
studies have shown that stress has
significantly negative effects on your
cognitive health being stressed
literally makes you dumber and increases
your chances of an early death so chill
out and maybe reconsider taking that
promotion at work that will double your
weekly workload five operating from a
fixed mindset okay so this is exactly
research-based if you've noticed that
the dumbest and these successful people
all believe that this is just how it is
the smartest and most successful believe
this is how it is but I can change it
nothing ever grows from a fixed mindset
we hope this helps and provide some
unique insights that may not have been
mentioned before this information was
shared by Andrew Farabee who is a
founder of knowledge for men and three
times best-selling author
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