Ah! Perfection.

While on this sudden pilgrimage to perfection (no this isn’t a religious one – “not that there’s anything wrong with that!” as Seinfeld would have said), I realized one area that needs continuous improvement is that big (hopefully) grey amorphous mass in my noggin – i.e. my dear brain. This of course is more important as I get er… wiser. The whole reason behind my mental quest may, I think, be traced back to my Boss, for better or for worse. I ended up feeling so hopeless, I succumbed to what I normally would have passed off as baloney, but ended up stumbling upon the Law of Attraction. See the link for more details. Does it work? I’m not sure, its probably too soon to say. Either way, its something to think about.

Many of us have heard of the saying “you are what you eat” and many researchers agree with that. The majority of the focus though, has been below the neck, as the effects of eating convenience foods are easily translated into, well, for lack of a better word, fat! Fret not though, if you’re “big-boned” and are eating the healthiest of meals and still not seeing dramatic improvements – this may not be your fault (or whoever fed you), because there is a so called “fat gene” that has been identified and hopefully some day people will find a way to turn it off.

Since a majority of research/money/advertising is focused on areas below the neck, the rest then must be on our brains. Yes we do need to exercise our brain and feed it right – this is no longer just something mom said to get us to eat right, but perhaps as factual as the existence of water. So as I was digging up some information on turning myself into an overnight genius phenomenon (well, maybe that’s stretching it a bit), I found some useful things at this website:

New Scientist

If you have iTunes, you should subscribe (its free!) to the BrainReady BrainCast (just search it from within iTunes. This is a podcast with very useful mental exercises you can perform just about anywhere.

Also, when you need the daily caffeine boost after lunch (yes I’m guilty of that too and I ironically I’m sipping on a latte as I type this!), you should apparently try instead, eating a little bit of unsweetened dark chocolate (if possible get 100 % cacao). If its too bitter for you, powder it and turn it into hot chocolate with a bit of sugar. You could also eat walnuts with that. Super healthy, both of these things.

There is indeed an almost infinite amount of websites that’ll give you tips on exercising and eating right for your brain, some though, sadly are a little too “out there” for me, with seemingly ridiculous claims. So, really, if you’re going to discriminate anything, be smart and make an educated guess as to whose claims seem reasonable and whose don’t and you’ll be on your way to brain bliss (minus the pot). With your brain, it really is a case of “use it or loose it”, as you get older.

~ by alvida on August 13, 2007.