Feed your mind and the rest will follow!\u00a0 (That’s my homage to En Vogue and their song “Free Your Mind” from the 90’s\u00a0– which is awesome, by the way.) Wow, it’s my first sentence and I digress already.\u00a0 This will be a long day for me, I can tell.\u00a0 I need to follow the advice below!<\/p>\n
According to Psychology Today, \u201cThe brain is an extremely metabolically active organ, making it a very hungry one, and a picky eater at that. It’s becoming pretty clear in research labs around the country that the right food, or the natural neurochemicals that they contain, can enhance mental capabilities\u2014help you concentrate, tune sensorimotor skills, keep you motivated, magnify memory<\/a>, speed reaction times, defuse stress<\/a>, perhaps even prevent brain aging<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n A well-balanced diet provides the nutritional basis for what your brain needs.\u00a0 But, as your brain burns the fuel you give it, such as sugar and oxygen, some by-products accumulate, just as soot gradually accumulates in a furnace.<\/p>\n This is called oxidation; the by-products are particles called free radicals.\u00a0 They \u201cstick\u201d to nerve cells and damage how they function and eventually kill them!\u00a0 But, Vitamin C and vitamin E, can mop up those free radicals formed by oxidation \u2013 that\u2019s why they are called anti<\/strong>oxidants.\u00a0 Vitamin E has shown in studies that it delays the onset and may slow the progression of Alzheimer\u2019s disease; and may lower the risk of other degenerative disease such as Parkinson\u2019s. \u00a0Where can you get Vitamin E, you ask?<\/p>\n Almonds<\/p>\n Sunflower seeds<\/p>\n Hazelnuts<\/p>\n Spinach<\/p>\n Broccoli<\/p>\n Tomatoes<\/p>\n