good to hear about the diet. alchohol isn't good, but you don't need me telling you that lol looking into removing flouride from your water is a good idea in general. I think it's a good sign that you've noticed this. You were still able to remember the name, it just took far too long. So the memory is still there, you just need to keep it limber by exercising it. One thing I find is quite harmful to memory is how little time we take to pause and reflect. could be just reflecting on the day, or thinking through something. All this is exercise for the brain. Being still is important, too. The mind is constantly bombarded by stimuli from everything going on in the world (especially from technology). It's important to take a few moments out of the day to let your mind relax, and to remind yourself that you can "look past" most of the stresses in life. Random thought, if you know someone you enjoy being around who speaks a different language, see if they'd be interested in teaching you some phrases/etc. Learn to hold a basic conversation or whatever, no rosetta stone bullshit. Stuff like that is fantastic mental exercise. You force your brain to build new pathways because you're making it do something it's never done before.