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Meryl Horne

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Science Vs
Memory: How to Boost It

So what they did is they looked at a ton of different supplements that are supposedly good for memory, over 100 of them.

Science Vs
Memory: How to Boost It

And then they looked at the most common ingredients, like the stuff that just popped up again and again and again to find out whether anything really works.

Science Vs
Memory: How to Boost It

Okay.

Science Vs
Memory: How to Boost It

And there were some things that had a little bit of evidence behind them.

Science Vs
Memory: How to Boost It

Uh-huh.

Science Vs
Memory: How to Boost It

So there's this chemical called curcumin.

Science Vs
Memory: How to Boost It

It's the thing that's in turmeric.

Science Vs
Memory: How to Boost It

And that's actually been found to help a little bit with something called working memory, which is kind of your ability to, like, keep things in your head at the moment, like remembering what I just said a few seconds ago.

Science Vs
Memory: How to Boost It

But it doesn't seem like it really helped for other types of memory.

Science Vs
Memory: How to Boost It

Uh-huh.

Science Vs
Memory: How to Boost It

Yeah, I was surprised too.

Science Vs
Memory: How to Boost It

I was like, maybe there's something there.

Science Vs
Memory: How to Boost It

Uh-huh.

Science Vs
Memory: How to Boost It

And then I wanted to mention one other one called phosphatidylserine.

Science Vs
Memory: How to Boost It

Try to mention this other one.

Science Vs
Memory: How to Boost It

Phosphatidylserine.

Science Vs
Memory: How to Boost It

Phosphatidylserine.

Science Vs
Memory: How to Boost It

Phosphatidylserine.

Science Vs
Memory: How to Boost It

Uh-huh.

Science Vs
Memory: How to Boost It

You'll find it in some of these supplements also.