Jan 20, 2020
Anna Marie loves the brain and it wasn’t until she got her brain right that she started to experience true happiness and success. Your brain uses more oxygen per unit of tissue than any other organ. Your brain also uses more energy per unit of tissue than any other tissue.
Staying hydrated helps your brain function. Students in a study had higher test scores when they brought a water bottle to a test. Keeping your brain hydrated helps improve problem-solving, improves mood, memory, and can help prevent headaches. How much water should you drink? Half your weight in ounces of water daily and add 4-6 ounces for every 15 minutes for exercise you do.
Cut back on the sugar and carbohydrate intake. High carbs and sugar are not a friend to our brain. They impact our brain function. We eat too many carbs in America. You shouldn’t be consuming high carbs and sugars in the morning. Sugar is hidden. The 61 names of sugar are in the link below. 51% of our kiddos lunches are consisting of wheat aka sugar when it is converted into the body.
Sugar is addictive and lights up our reward pathways. Sugar impacts our insulin levels and impacts our mood-boosting neurotransmitter serotonin. When we develop insulin resistance this impairs our neurotransmitters in the brain that depend on insulin to help neurotransmitters. High Carbs and high endurance running left Anna Marie inflamed and depressed. She started to add more proteins and fats into her diet while lowering carb intake and she felt a major shift in her brain and body - towards happiness.
Diets that work well with brain function are lower-carb diets, keto, Mediterranian, and anti-inflammatory. Find what diet works for you and what foods do not cause you to go into an inflammatory response. Skip packaged foods and eat real foods. Try to go for a week without eating packaged foods.
Tips to restore brain health: stay hydrated, limit sugar and carb intake, try supplements. Supplements like curcumin, resveratrol, Ginko, decaffeinated green tea, b-vitamins, and some good omega. Links below in show notes. Also, take time to breathe. Take deep breaths and sometime each day to practice some slow breathing. Lastly, exercise daily to force blood flow to the brain. Try moving the body for two minutes four times a day. Reflect on how your brain and body feel after. You may experience better mental clarity, more energy, and better brain function.
British water study with students:
https://www.bbc.com/news/education-17741653
61 Names for sugar:
https://sugarscience.ucsf.edu/hidden-in-plain-sight/
Study on sugar in adolescence:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141118141852.htm
Supplements to help brain health:
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Resveratrol which is amazing!!! Get it: