According to a study that was published on Monday in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, cutting back on calories can help improve your memory. Just three months on a restricted diet helped improve performance on memory tests for the study volunteers. I always called it mommy brain and attributed my memory issues to sleep deprivation (which is still probably a large contributing factor), but maybe I just eat too much!

For several years, there had been published reports of calorie-restricted diets improving memory in animals; this new study in humans seems to further support the idea. Additionally, it has positive ramifications for preventing or delaying the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. Granted, the study was small group of volunteers, 50 people, but it shows promise for further study.

Read an article about the study here, here, and here.

All that time and money my dad wasted on ginkgo biloba. He just needed to stop cramming himself full of Oreos!