Since diet plays such an essential role in keeping your brain happy and healthy, here are some easy ways to boost your brain power, naturally!
Eat cruciferous vegetables like cabbages, broccoli, kale and collard greens. In one study, two or more servings of these vegetables daily was linked to improved mental functioning. These veggies can be easily fermented into cultured veggies to make them even more digestible and nutritious. Learn the best way to eat these vegetables and read Why You Need to Cook These Vegetables for Maximum Nutrition.
Try grain-like seeds (buckwheat, quinoa, amaranth and millet). These high protein seeds have all the benefits of grains yet are gluten-free and very high in protein. They help your body make serotonin, the neurotransmitter that helps you feel happy. Serotonin converts to melatonin at night helping you have a better night's sleep. This is one of the reasons we suggest you eat these grain-like seeds as part of your evening meal. You can get all of these grains conveniently online at the Gluten-Free Mall.
Include organic, unrefined fats from fish, seeds and nuts. Wild Alaskan salmon & other healthy fish are top sources. Fish oil, cod liver oil and walnut oils are also good sources of omega- 3 fatty acids. Both raw and roasted pumpkin seed oil have zinc, vitamin E and niacin. These along with extra virgin olive oil, organic gluten-free extra virgin coconut oil, red palm oil, evening primrose, borage and flaxseed oil make up a wide variety of excellent oils that are a part of Health and Healing.
Saturated fats like raw butter and ghee are a must as well. Of all the fats, raw butter most closely duplicates the saturated fat found in breast milk. Please remember that breast milk is rich in raw saturated fat because it is essential for the baby's developing brain. Pregnant women should eat raw butter and ghee before and during their pregnancy to ensure that their baby's brain is well developed before birth but also after birth as well. Woman who cannot nurse or who are concerned that their breast milk lacks adequate amounts of this vital fat should put tiny spoonfuls of raw butter and ghee into their baby's mouth several times a day. This has been a common practice in India for thousands of years and babies love the taste. Be sure to read, Baby Formula: The Key Health Risks to Baby that Every Mother & Someday-Mother-to-Be Needs to Know.
Sadly, when America turned to margarine and processed fats and started to believe that butter was bad for us, we stopped feeding our brains the saturated fat it needs to help prevent Alzheimer's, ADD and even autism. Many of us will remember the margarine commercial on television where a woman dressed as an angry Mother Nature warned us: "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature." Decades later we can see that she was right. Today, we are paying a heavy penalty for trying to do so.
If a goal in your life is to become healthy and happy, now more than ever it is essential to avoid processed fats like canola oil and vegetable oil. They have been bleached, deodorized and refined. Basically they are a poison and are especially damaging for your liver. For more information,read Why The Processing of Consumable Oils Has Devastated America's Health.
Eat lightly cooked egg yolks. Egg yolks contain choline, a member of the vitamin B family that can "supercharge" brain cells in developing babies, and is part of a key memory neurotransmitter.
Add ocean vegetables to your diet. Sea vegetables not only have omega-3 fatty acids but also contain all 52 minerals your body needs to function. Even better, they have a higher concentration of vitamins than any other food! Experiment with adding ocean vegetables like nori, kelp, hijiki and wakame to your diet
Cleanse your liver. Your liver makes the amino acids necessary for your brain to function. Nourish your liver with foods and supplements that support its function. The liver likes green foods .
