Tuesday's Tip for Language Learning #4: Eat a Banana, Remember More Words

 

From Think Yourself into Becoming a Language Learning Super Star

At the Defense Language Institute (DLI) where I served as a provost for five years, I became known as the “banana provost” because I would encourage students to eat a banana daily and, for certain, to eat one on the morning of important tests. Why would I do that? Because of the role that bananas play in memory. Bananas contain potassium, which facilitates the movement of glucose through the brain. Glucose is important because it carries memory Ingram’s.

 

Eat a banana = remember more words

 

That formula may seem simplistic, but overall it works. 

(Note: Other foods with high levels of potassium will do as well, e.g., potatoes. Think Yourself into Becoming a Language Learning Super Star contains a full chapter on various foods and how they can make you a more effective language learner.)

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