Feed The Brain
Eating a balanced diet plays a crucial role in brain function. Nutrient-rich foods can enhance cognitive abilities, improve memory, and boost overall mental health. Incorporating fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and healthy into your meals can support optimal brain performance. Remember, what you eat not only fuels your body but also shapes your mind.
FEED THE BRAIN
Adrenaline
Increases flow of blood to muscles. Get B-vitamins and vitamin C from foods like legumes,nuts,low sugars fruits like avocado or raspberries,
Noradrenaline
Increases alertness. Look for the amino acid, tyrosine, in food like almonds,bananas, avocados, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds and lima beans.
Dopamine
Dopamine is a reward chemical. It motivates you to seek survival. Get exercise, sleep well, and consume probiotics like pickled veggies, kombucha, and kefir to raise dopamine
Oxytocin
Known as "the love hormone," it helps create social bonds with others. Eat figs, watermelon, avocados, spinach, coffee for women, and nuts for men.
Gaba
Regulates muscle tone. Eat citrus fruits, tomatoes, spinach, lentils, kava kava, american ginseng, black teas, and probiotics.
Acetylcholine
Regulates functions of the nervous system. Fill up on spinach, peanut butter, raw cacao, beets, and any food with betaine.
Glutamate
Helps the nervous system speak to muscles. Eat mushrooms, kimchi, broccoli,napa cabbage, or grape juice for glutamate.
Endorphins
Inhibits transmission of pain in the body. Eat hot peppers, grapes, nuts, seeds ginseng, strawberries or dark chocolate.
Seratonin
Linked to wellbeing and happiness. Exercise and exposure to sunlight increase serotonin, Also eat pineapples, Oats, dark chocolate, veggies or bananas