Intelligence Intensity

What we've discovered about our amazing minds in only the past ten years is mind blowing: nerve-racking living may really wipe out brain cells ... and low self-regard contracts your brain up to twenty percent. Then your intelligence quotient, power to get happy and accomplish personal success goes right down the drainpipe ... along with your brain power and positive thinking. However modern psychological science tells us that, different than old beliefs, our brain power may continue to grow into old age. As a matter of fact our brains and IQ's are so flexible a fresh scientific term has been formulated -- "brain plasticity."

Brain nutrients include omega-3 fatty acid, B6, B12, Zinc, Epicathechin, and folate. Ward off sugar and risky fats - e.g. Trans fatty acids like you get in margarine. These obliterate brain cells. Creatine has been demonstrated in clinical tests to step-up IQ, especially as we maturate. Creatine provides additional energy for mental work. Great food might work synergistically with work out "The power of the mind is the center of life." Aristotle, Philosopher Our minds work best on the prehistoric diet that formed their evolution. All the same, our modern diet is a far cry from that of people before us. For generations, huntsmen and gatherers lived on wild game, wild greens, fruits, berries and plant roots. The common western diet includes big quantities of treated and fast foods. Jean Carper in her book "Your Miracle Brain" discovered that, compared to a Stone Age diet, we eat:  Tenth part the amount of fiber  A like amount of carbohydrates but only one quarter as much from fruits and veggies (the remainder tends to be empty calorie sugars)  Third the amount of potassium and almost 7 times the sum of sodium (or a ratio of potassium to sodium of roughly 1-2 rather than the preferred 10-1) Enquiry has demonstrated that this modern diet hinders mental performance and may lead to serious long-run decline in quality of our brains. Particularly, 2 of the major culprits in this mental impairment are excessive sugar and too few antioxidants.