Food for your Brain

“Your mind is a powerful tool. Protect it.”
-as heard while watching
KYLE-XY, Season II

First, it’s important to remember that Water makes up 83% of the blood and acts as a transport system, delivering nutrients to the brain and eliminating toxins. Your brain needs to be fully hydrated so that the circuitry works well and it functions at optimum levels. Water is essential for concentration and mental alertness. Dehydration can cause a headache, and can lead to long-term neuronal damage sustained from elevated stress hormones.

Virginia Woolf, the English novelist and essayist said, "One cannot think well, love well or sleep well if one has not dined well."

A complete and balanced diet is sound advice, but some specific types of food are especially good for brain health. Besides ‘water’ here are four of the best choice BRAIN foods:

Fish: The original “brain food” contains lots of omega-3 fatty acids and fish oils, especially cold water fish like salmon and cod. Omega-3s are beneficial in a number of ways, including promoting neuronal growth, improved cholesterol, and fortification of myelin sheaths which facilitate communication between neurons.

Vegetables: This is a great source of antioxidants, which may reduce the risk of developing cognitive impairment by diminishing oxidative stress. Spinach, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, and cauliflower are among the top candidates.

Fruits: Like vegetables, fruits are rich in antioxidants. However, fruit tastes better. Some of your healthiest options are blueberries, blackberries, cranberries, strawberries, raspberries, plums, avocados, oranges, red grapes, red bell peppers, cherries and kiwis. Read more about the amazing benefits of BLUEBERRIES:
http://www.blueberry.org/health.htm

Dark Chocolate: Last (and arguably least beneficial) is cocoa beans, which contain the flavanol epicatechin and antioxidants. Dark chocolate is best, and avoid candy bars with lots of added sugars. Also, recent research suggests that chocolate can improve memory.

Twenty-five years ago today:

July 17,1984
Tuesday

I went to a fashion show today in San Francisco (with Barbara Reynolds). There were all sorts of radical things going on at lunchtime near the Moscone Center. It was too wild for me. The fashion show was fun to watch. Once again, Barbara and I could not help but take an extended lunch.

Once I arrived home I did my bike routine from 6PM to 7:15PM.

I had fun making up my bed with my new sheets and comforter, too. I telephoned Sherri and she asked me to come over.
“John is putting up our new fan lamp and maybe you can help,” Sherri said.
“Sure, I’ll be right over,” I replied happily as the good samaratin neighbor and brother.
I stayed there a good while and decided to go to mom’s house to see what was in the fridge. As I was on my way to mom’s I noticed some young, mysterious preppy chap who rode by me on his bike. It’s still a mystery. Or is it just a fantasy and reality mix?

I do like Karyn Kossoff’s smile. It turns me on.
I am home now and I have the urge to ‘jump rope’ to QUAKE tunes, so that’s what I will do. I love jumping rope to songs like Joy Division (Love Will Tear Us Apart)
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=love+will+tear+us+apart&qs=n&docid=1019245035843&mid=FA678456E9349FC712EDFA678456E9349FC712ED&FORM=VIVR6#
and
The Cure (Boys Don’t Cry).
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=boys+don%27t+cry%2C+the+cure&qs=n&docid=803309944982&mid=C0792C9BC9B8A76C8E93C0792C9BC9B8A76C8E93&FORM=VIVR6#
PHOTO: The Cure, 1984