Food for your head: Brain Food
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Food for your head: Brain Food
Whether it is about the next exam for your studies or whether it is a stressful day at the office:
Sometimes the brain just needs more energy to meet high demands. A well balanced diet for the most part covers the special needs of this complicated organ. If you want to up your game, you can also use smart drugs or brain-boosters.
If a little hunger strikes, you can do something to prevent a mental lull as well as do something nice for your figure. A healthy snack, consisting of fruit, yogurt and whole grain foods helps in getting healthy carbohydrates and vitamins. It is best to stay away from candy bars and soft drinks. While they give you energy, insulin levels after consumption fall below normal. The result: Increased hunger pangs and love handles thanks to greater intake of unhealthy calories. For especially high exertions, brain athletes also like to grab some dextrose, which provides a short term performance boost.
What our ancestors already knew, science has proven: With a hearty breakfast, a moderate lunch and a sparse dinner, the body does well meeting its daily challenges. Brain nerve cells need more fish than meat, because the ocean dwellers provide high quality fatty acids. Dark rye bread and granola do not just improve digestion, but they also support our mind with Vitamin B.
Research already made the appropriate “brain doping“ for big thinkers and managers available: Apart from highly dosed combinations of enzymes and amino acids , like the ones body builders consume, there are pills that intend to inspire creativity the pharmaceutical way:
- Ampakine improves memory capacity and originates in Alzheimer’s disease research.
- Ritalin already conquered the schoolyard and increases attention span.
- Donepezil optimizes the synapses activity in the brain
- Modafinil keeps you wide awake and originates in narcolepsy research
A few cups of coffee per day not only increase your attention span, but also protect against Alzheimer’s disease by lowering cholesterol levels. If you seek balance and want to be able to use your brain for a long time to come, you should treat it to lots of oxygen: Endurance sports build strong nerves and is the best anti-aging-program.
Ralph M. Bloemer
InterMopro.de
