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Feel like your memory is failing you? Try this quick tip to avoid memory loss!

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Eat a quarter cup of sunflower seeds daily!

A quarter cup (just about one ounce) of sunflower seeds contains 75% of the daily value of vitamin E, a powerful nutrientwhich may help improve future cognitive function. The vitamin E provided in sunflower seeds protects the neurons in your brain from oxidative stress that wears down your memory. Hello, memory retention!

Some ideas to boost your memory today:

Sprinkle sunflower seeds in:

  • · Yogurt
  • · Salads
  • · Sandwiches
  • · Soups
  • · Trail mix
  • · Cereals

 

Do you eat sunflower seeds? How? On your salads? In sandwiches? As sunflower nut butter (we do!)?