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Head Strong
Head Start- brain should run on fat. When You consume sugar, it stops using the fat for brain energy & uses glucoses instead. So the fat is stored in the body, which leads to, well, getting fat.
- certain foods, Products in our environment, types of light, & even forms of exercise can weaken Your brain.
- All useless stimuli - Potential threats, ringing Phones, Flashing lights, & more - wear Your brain.
- Forgetfulness, cravings, low energy, moodiness, & inability to focus are all symptoms of low brain energy.
- reduce stimuli in environment to focus
- Make most important decision first, before decision fatigue.
Mighty Mitochondria- cells of the brain, heart, & retina have most mitochondria → suffer first when low on energy
- hormones, blood sugar levels, diet, & lifestyle all affect the function of Your mitochondria
- from ages 30-70, the avg Person experiences 50% decline in mitochondrial efficiency.
become a neuromaster- neurons require lots of energy → die when don't get it.
- myelin is made of fat & insulates the comm. Path between neurons.
- You can grow new neurons at any age.
- Eat more good fat
- Sugar reduces rate of neurogenesis
- Stress reduces neurogenesis
★ inflammationWhat happens when You eat sugar? Eat too much sugar → liver can't handle it → Pancreas releases insulin (insulin tells the body to stop burning fat & to store it instead, so You get fat) → Triggers release of inflammatory cytokines → Fructose, which makes up 50% of table sugar, links to Proteins in the body, like collagen → when linked to collagen, Fructose creates toxic A.G.E's → A.G.E's accelerate aging & create oxidative stress on the body → chronic inflammation → brain fog & sluggishness → no energy to Produce outstanding results in Your life (more on 125)
★ What happens when You are stressed? 39-40Apoptosis (Programmed cell death)
★ What happens when You drink alcohol? oxidative Stress → apoptosis
- brain suffers first when body is chronically inflamed.
- mitochondria inflamed → electrons must travel farther to get to same Place → less efficient at making energy
- Nearly every cause of lowered energy Production lays the groundwork for developing chronic diseases later.
- Spend Some time outdoors barefoot to Soak up the earth's negative charge & get some UV & infrared light. EZ water
Brain Fuel- Polyphenols are antioxidants that Protect gut, increase rate of neurogenesis, Play role in apoptosis, & lower inflammation - and body needs fat to absorb them.
- Need certain nutrients to make important neurotransmitters for Your brain. The best foods for this include beef, eggs, almonds, & wild salmon
- Mitochondria make energy more efficiently with ketones than wit glucose.
- eat veggies w/ healthy fat
- eat fish to get EFA's for brain
- use brain octane oil to restrict carbs so brain has access to ketones.
Brain inhibiting foods- Dairy Protein, gluten, trans fats, & veg oils cause inflammation in everyone
- Mold toxins are toxic to mitochondria & are Found in grains, coffee, dried fruit, wine, beer, chocolate, nuts, & corn
- You can damage healthy fats by cooking them at high temps.
- artificial sweeteners are toxic in small amounts
- Frying damages fats
- buy organic Produce
- Fuck →brown rice = Arsenic ☹
- Avoid toxins & improve Your body's detox system25% are genetically sensitive to mold. the rest have subtle symptoms that are written off as a bad day.
- Mold toxins, heavy metals, & some Pharmaceutical drugs are directly toxic to mitochondria
- body stores toxins in fat so anything done to break up fat is detoxifying.
- check home for mold issues
- Keep track of how You feel in diff environments.
★ - Your brain on light, air, & cold. · LED & CFLJunk light damages mitochondria b/c too much blue light
- Teach cells how to use oxygen more efficiently, temporarily expose them to less oxygen
- 30 sec cold at end of Shower
Sleep harder, meditate faster, exercise less- When it comes to sleep, focus on quality more than quantity
- need good amount of time to recover from intense exercise
- meditation changes structure of brain for better
- Do Jumping Jacks to shake water in cells, more EZ
- 5:5:5 5 times, breathe in 5, hold 5, out 5