If you have too many things to keep track of and they keep slipping your mind then its time you get a memory check.
It is important because absent-mindedness, lack of judgement, short-term memory loss and lack of concentration, as well as depression, can be early signs of serious conditions like dementia, and Alzheimer's disease.
Because of stress, one may have memory fatigue.
But Stress can be handled by eating right. In fact, along with the doctor, an apple a day also keeps neurologists at bay.
As a brain food, protein helps your memory too. And nutritionists call basil leaves and corn act as memory boosters.
And here's another reason to watch your cholesterol. “Cholesterol forms small plucks – obstruction to the blood flow. And blood flows to those parts of the brain, which are required to form memory are affected,” said Neurologist Dr J D Mukherji.
PQ4R is a handy memory aid – to actually remind you, what you need to do.
P is for Preview. “Preview is a kind of a survey that we do that is to get a jest of what we want to remember. Q is for question and now it's four R's – Read, Reflect, Revise & Recall to sharpen your memory,” said Psychologist Dr Bhavna Barmi.
Lastly try meditation as it helps you deal with stress and even sharpens your memory