Intelligence Intensity

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. How sugar bears upon the brain: The issue of excessive glucose- Glucose, the sort of sugar that disperses in the blood, is vital to optimum functioning of the brain. So, glucose is the brain's sole source of fuel. Inadequacies in glucose levels may cause the brain to lag and malfunction. This blood glucose comes from the foods we consume, especially from carbs like sweets and starches.