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I do puzzles like KenKen almost every morning. I love the challenge, but I also know it helps keep my brain young and sharp. My friends put together a cool ebook collection of great puzzles specifically for brain health. GET IT HERE.

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The tuatara looks like a lizard, but is actually the last living member of an ancient reptile line that split off long before most modern lizards showed up (we’re talking dinosaur era). It lives only in New Zealand and moves slow, grows slow, and can live a very long time, which is one reason it feels like a true “living fossil.” CLICK HERE for the overview of why this animal is so UNIQUE.

Here’s the part that makes them so special: Tuatara hatchlings have a light-sensing “third eye” on the top of the head called a parietal eye. It is not used to see shapes like a normal eye, but it can detect light and may help with things like day and season timing. It becomes covered as the tuatara grows, so you usually don’t notice it on adults. For more cool facts on this one-of-kind third eye, GO HERE.

Brain games like word searches, crosswords, and quizzes aren’t just fun, they’re great for your brain health and memory, too.

In fact, over a dozen studies of older adults have shown that playing brain games can significantly improve focus, short-term memory, and thinking speed.

So, what are the best games for a healthy brain?

Nutritionist Sarah Otto and the Goodness Lover team collected 50+ of their favorites and put them in a new eBook – and I want you to have it!

Click here for your copy of Brain Games: 50+ Puzzles to Strengthen Your Memory & Focus

I do puzzles all the time, and this eBook is so much fun!

It’s filled with 50+ quizzes, crosswords, word searches, anagrams, riddles, and more that you can play by yourself or with friends and family.

But some of these are pretty tricky!

Let’s see if you can solve this riddle from the eBook:

I’m a mineral that helps keep your immune system strong, aids in wound healing, and supports your senses of taste and smell. Too little of me can cause hair loss and weak nails. What mineral am I?

Think you know the answer? Turn to page 98 of Brain Games to see if you got it right.

Grab your complimentary copy of this fun eBook now while it’s still no cast to download!

⇒ Click here to grab your copy of Brain Games: 50+ Puzzles to Strengthen Your Memory & Focus.

TROXERUTIN: A lesser-known flavonoid found in apples and tea that supports vascular health and reduces capillary fragility. It’s being studied for its neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory effects. For the full scoop on HOW it’s used, click HERE.

We talk a lot about air pollution, water quality, and chemicals in our food. But there’s another environmental input that most of us barely think about, even though we may be swimming in it all day long.

Noise.

Traffic outside the window. Or even the hum of the fridge. HVAC systems cycling on and off. A television running in the background. Notification pings. Airplanes overhead. Construction down the street.

Even if you think you’ve “gotten used to it,” your nervous system hasn’t.

Noise pollution is one of the most overlooked stressors in modern life. And it affects sleep, mood, cardiovascular health, focus, and recovery in ways that are easy to miss because it’s constant.

Sound is processed by the brain as information. And from an evolutionary perspective, unexpected or persistent noise often meant danger.

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