Try It Plain...

Mix one teaspoon of raw honey with fresh lemon juice in warm water each morning. Over time, this small habit may help maintain mental clarity as years add up.

Per some (highly suspect) internet promotions and writing, this simple natural pick-me-up is credited with the start of what ended up being a moderately expensive Neuro Mind Pro supplement treatment

AND/OR

...a combination of Lithium Orotate and a special powdered form (or extract?) of honey. The source of this weirdness was the undeniable fact that many residents of the Mediterranean island of Sardinia live to an advanced age with no sign of dementia or brain function decline of any kind. Studies of why this is the case have shown that Sardinian water has lithium orotate as a naturally occurring mineral, and Sardinians generally use honey as a breakfast food, as commonly as Americans use coffee, for example.

ADDED AS OF 2026 - JULY: Lithium Orotate plus a "secret" ingredient found "only" (sic) in Sardinian honey (likely to be what is called spermidine) has been promoted as hugely effective in a supplement brand called CogniHoney. HOWEVER, the endorsement includes a deep fake of Bill Gates touting this product, an outright violation of US laws, and a flagrant violation of any semblance of marketplace probity and trust. That alone is enough for me to avoid CogniHoney as a product. OTOH, there is nothing to prevent a person (yours truly) from buying Lithium orotate, and spermidine -- perhaps combined by some other established and trustworthy supplement supplier. Here is a web URL posting that calls out CogniHoney:

https://www.tutelamedical.com/cognihoney-brain-health-does-the-evidence-support-the-hype/

I bought (from Amazon-dotcom) a supply of NeuroMind Pro which Sue and I have just started taking, but so far not long enough to conclude that it helps memory. I added this blog entry to remind myself to follow up with the "natural way" of honey plus lemon juice, just for "suspenders and belt". NeuroMind Pro, it should be noted, contains neither Lithium orotate nor spermidine.

ALSO, I might add that Sue already has an excellent memory, keeping in mind dozens of birthdays of friends and family and recalling details of events from years ago, that I also remember, but with nothing like her amazing clarity and assurance of details.

ACCORDINGLY, she is "not a good test case" for whether or not a supplement improves memory.