Smart-kit.com, Authored by Board Certified Neurologist, Offers Tips to Help Keep the Mind Sharp and Lower the Risk of Mental Disease, Alzheimer’s

Boynton Beach, FL — April 20, 2007 — www.smart-kit.com — Smartkit, the leading brain enhancement website, is offering tips to readers to help sharpen the mind and prevent the development of Alzheimer’s.

Smart-kit.com, led by board certified neurologist, Dr. R.L. Kaplan, explains that people should pay attention to those habits in their day to day routine that may negatively impact their mental capacity as they age.

“Currently, there are now more than 5 million people in the United States living with Alzheimer’s disease,” said Dr. R.L. Kaplan, author of Smart-kit.com. “By mid-century, the number of people with Alzheimer’s is expected to grow to as high as 16 million, which is more than the current population of New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Houston combined.”

Dr. R. L. Kaplan provides the following suggestions to help decrease the chances of developing the debilitating disease:

• Socialize! Recent research indicates that loneliness in the form of emotional isolation is a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease.

Smartkit contest aims to compile new, healthy ways for students to capitalize on study sessions learning more in less time.

Boynton Beach, FL — February 22, 2007 — www.smart-kit.com — Smart-kit.com, a leading website dedicated to providing studying techniques, is hosting a contest to create a compilation of study tips from its readers and help others learn how to study smarter, not harder.

“Almost all students have been forced to pull an all-nighter,” said Dr. R.L. Kaplan, Board Certified Neurologist and author of Smart-kit.com. “But few realize the negative effects sleep deprivation can have on brain function the following day, decreasing the likelihood of performing well on tests.”

According to the journal, Occupational & Environmental Medicine, after 19+ hours without sleep, performance on cognitive tests reached levels equivalent to those associated with a BAC (blood alcohol concentration) of 0.1 percent. In the majority of states, a BAC of 0.08 percent is grounds for a DUI. This means that students pulling an all-nighter don’t have enough brain function to legally drive a car.

“It is important that students learn more effective and healthy study habits,” said Kaplan. “That is the goal of this contest, to educate students on a variety of ways to increase information learned while decreasing study time.”

Smart-kit.com offers healthy advice to business professionals to maintain energy and increase brain power throughout the work day.

Boynton Beach, FL — January 18, 2007 — www.smart-kit.com — Smartkit, the leading learning strategies website, offers Business Professionals the tips they need to maintain energy and decrease mental fatigue as the work day wears on.

Smart-kit.com, led by board certified neurologist, Dr. R.L. Kaplan, explains that the work force does not have to rely on artificial stimulants such as coffee to maintain peak performance levels.

Dr. R.L. Kaplan provides the following advice on how to maintain energy and mental acuity in the Smartkit: Student Guidebook:

Eating Brain Food — Brain structure and function is markedly affected by what you eat. Neuroscientific studies indicate meals that follow a carbohydrate to protein ration of 1:1 allow for maximal producivity and mental efficiency. Feed your brain vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals and stimulate your brain instead of merely sustaining it. A light meal that starts with a variety of fresh fruit, followed by nuts and seeds coupled with vegetable juice can offer the mental energy and clarity you need to make through a busy and stressful day.

Dedicated to brain and memory improvement, Smartkit and its Student Guidebook, recommend students stay away from all-nighters and deploy more effective study techniques

Boynton Beach, Florida - December 7, 2006 - www.smart-kit.com – Smartkit, led by board certified neurologist Dr. R.L. Kaplan, is offering study tips to help students studying for finals improve scores with less study time and without painful all-nighters.

Kaplan explains that brain function significantly decreases after an all-nighter, especially memory systems and frontal lobe regions.

Frontal lobe regions are especially important because this region plays a crucial role in the following:

• Oral Presentations
• Essay Tests on literature, history, social sciences and art
• Exams in math, physics, chemistry or economics where students are asked not only to recall information, but to apply it to new situations and problems

According to the research journal Occupational Environmental Medicine, “Moderate sleep deprivation produces impairment in cognitive and motor performance equivalent to that of legally prescribed levels of alcohol intoxication.”

Smartkit developed its Student Guidebook to help improve memory and brain functions by implementing healthy techniques into daily life.

Students can benefit from advice offered within the guidebook including how to improve test scores and decrease study time by: