Brain Health
Brain Health probably brings to mind images of Sigmund Freud for most folks, and worries about their oedipal complex, whatever that might be.
Mr. Freud was concerned with your mental health, and I am writing about your brain’s physical health.
After all, it is an organ, and while it has incredible talents, skills, and abilities in all of us, it has some special needs also.
For example your brain uses 20% of the energy you consume on a daily basis, so it needs a constant supply of fuel, because it cannot store any fuel.
And it needs the right kind of fuel so do not feed it msg or high fructose corn syrup. Those disrupt its delicate synapses.
A lack of omega 3 fatty acid can make your neurons rigid, and rigid neurons do not process sensory data well, so include foods high in omega 3 fatty acids or take a good supplement.
In the realm of brain health then, nutrition plays an important role, along with physical exercise, good sleep, stress management, and novel learning experiences.
Actually, all of those things contribute to your mental health and will make Mr. Freud smile.
Actually your brain and its health are very dependent on physical exercise. That is what helps the brain build new arteries and veins so that neurons are bathed in nutrients and food and waste from the mitochondrial factories is removed.
Please do not rush out to buy yourself a club membership. Your brain does not require that you hire a personal trainer, but it does need you to get out and engage in more of your normal physical activity like walking or mowing (behind the mower, not on it) so that you increase the oxygen intake, and then you can advance to physical exercise, but again all you need is an exercise ball, or a willingness to do jumping jacks, running in place, burpees, and any other callisthenics that you can remember from grade school for 10 minutes in 30 second intervals. You do not even need to get dressed in sweats unless you want to, but I guarentee you that you will work up a sweat and deep breathing which your brain will appreciate.
Regular sleep is important for your brain because it needs to complete some hormonal tasks and consolidate memories at night.
I would not recommend saying to your boss that you need a nap to complete memory consolidation from yesterday.
Stress management is very important task. Your body has a built in stress response to help us respond to an attack or a perception that an attack is going to happen, and that is the only time we need to cue it, but we have gotten in the habit of keeping our stress response turned on too long, which is bad for our brain, actually all of our cells.
So learning to deep breath, or doing deeper breathing while exercising is very important for the brain’s delicate physical health.
Another very important consideration for your brain’s health is to not bang it around inside your skull. The brain is actually sort of mushy and your skull is hard with some sharp edges which bruise the brain if they come into contact sharply.
If you can manage to include good nutrition, sleep, physical exercise, and novel learning experiences consistently, your brain will respond by creating new neurons every day and each of those neurons might have up to 30,000 dendrites on them, which is very good for your ability to make wise decisions.
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What are some good multivitamins/minerals to take to supplement a health brain?What about for days when you have to take tests where you need a boost of brain power/concentration?
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Michael S. Logan is a brain fitness expert, a counselor, a student of Chi Gong, and licensed one on one HeartMath provider. I enjoy the spiritual, the mythological, and psychological, and I am a late life father to Shane, 10, and Hannah Marie, 4, whose brains are so amazing. http://www.askmikethecounselor2.com
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I like this lecture ….informative, very clear..
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Omega-3 fatty acids are supposedly good for the brain- found in nuts and fish. Brain exercises could include: crossword puzzles, sudoku, chess, logic puzzles, riddles, or math problems.
Are you sure that you don't mean "Choline" instead? You can find choline in any health food store.
thanks
great lecture.
All of them have some sort of effect, not just the ones after 7. But they are not as bad for you as most people think, but still they are bad.
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There are no pills that work that fast. If you take Vitamin E and all the B-vitamins for a few months you might get increased cognition and memory but studies have shown that even this is minimal.
Is very factual evidence that thought controls more than you think. I have playlists showing you more, beyond the disease factor, thought is more than just health.. Learn who you are… =-)
This is awsome, very factual evidence thats hard to disagree with, thank you, this is even more proof that your thoughts are things, they are alive and control your world.
I believe that our toughts are controlled by what we feel is best for us…stress causes the parasympathetic nervous system to arise and react in a “fight or flight” situation..However, it takes alot of energy from our immune system which has two types of white blood cells (b lyphosites and t lyphocytes)…depression causes diseases, strokes,deaths, etc…thanks!! relly helpful
tangible & great efforts ! thank uuuu !
I see Johns Hopkins released some common sense information on cancer this week. Chemo BAD, Diet, exercise and mental state good.
I heard a new study suggests apple juice makes ya smarter. (( Beer brings on my hay fever allergies.) It make a persons nose stuffy.)) Choclate milk boosts mood as well. Orange juice turns on your bodys mechansim of telling you when your full right away so you don't overeat. Caffienated beverages do in fact boost your focus, but they also make ya shaky and hypertensive. All soda diet er not has acid it would do to drink with straws so as to not eat your teeth away as much. Green and white tea, especially green boost your immune system. Tea with echinacia does as well. That weight loss tea suppresses your hunger. the name escapes me right now. anyway theres a few.
I wouldn't think so if you are eating healthy, like getting enough fruits, vegetables and meat (if you are not vegetarian.) All cells produce amino acids when necessary; they get the nutrients they need from the food you eat. So, I'm assuming amino acids are necessary for good brain health. Just make sure you eat right, and it should be okay. Your body will produce them naturally.