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The Candy That Helps You Remember

Did you just forget the name of that movie with that actress…what’s her name? Here’s how to kick your brain into gear…

Alan R. Hirsch, MD, director of The Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago (SmellAndTaste.org), says that the distinctive smell and taste of butterscotch instantly switches the brain back to the moment it first absorbed new information, making it easier to recall facts.

So eat butterscotch candy when you’re learning new information and when you need to get the data from the “tip of your tongue.”

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