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let’s talk about the number one best

food for your brain now the brain is a

very interesting organ it’s the fattiest

organ of all of your organs in your body

it only makes up two percent of our body

weight but it consumes 20 of all of our

fuel and the size of your brain does not

equal your intelligence another

misconception of the brain is that the

nerves cannot regenerate what you’re

born with you have you can’t change but

that’s absolutely not true certain parts

of your brain can completely regrow and

lastly there are no pain receptors in

your brain this is why sometimes when

they do brain surgery that you’re wide

awake now related to the best food for

the brain we should probably Define

exactly what we’re trying to do with the

brain we’re talking about the food that

improves memory concentration Focus

thinking problem solving learning mood

disorders brain inflammation so I did a

deep dive into this topic looking at all

the key nutrients that the brain needs

and also there are basically three foods

that destroy the brain in fact when you

go to the grocery store you’re going to

find the majority of these three

ingredients okay so let’s start with

number one

omega-6 fatty acids now what is that

that is like soy oil corn oil canola oil

cottonseed oil these are the fats or

oils that create a lot of inflammation

in your nervous system the second

ingredient is you guessed it sugar and

even if you look at diabetes which is a

a diet of consuming too much sugar you

have something called type 3 diabetes

which is Alzheimer’s so they now know

that Alzheimer’s is really a situation

where the nerves are starved of a

glucose now you might immediately think

well I thought diabetes was high sugar

so that should be feeding the nerves all

the sugar and fuel it needs right well

unfortunately when you start feeding too

much sugar to the nervous system you

have this thing called insulin which is

kind of like the gatekeeper that

controls the absorption of glucose that

starts going up and up and up and then

you develop this protected mechanism

called insulin resistance so more fuel

more insulin resistance less connection

of that fuel to the neuron you literally

end up starving the neurons of fuel this

is why there’s such a high incidence of

Alzheimer’s or dementia with diabetes

and the third ingredient which is kind

of a large category refine carbohydrates

this is those lovely breads pasta cereal

crackers biscuits waffles pancakes

muffins things like that not only do

these carbohydrates turn into sugar

really quick but they have gluten and

gluten destroys the gut for most people

and if you’ve ever heard of something

called the brain gut access whatever’s

going on down in the gut is going to be

going on in the head there’s been a huge

link between gluten problems in your gut

and dementia and of course these refined

carbohydrates just completely deplete

you of the trace minerals that the brain

also needs and I’m talking about zinc

selenium

and iodine and just as a side note if an

infant is deficient in iodine their IQ

becomes much lower unfortunately because

the full brain development doesn’t occur

so all three of these ingredients

omega-6 fatty acids

sugar refined carbohydrates all

contribute and create insulin resistance

and again insulin resistance starves the

nerve cells of their fuel creating death

of the neuron so now let’s get to the

number one food that would

heal the brain and all of these problems

so I looked at a lot of different foods

and analyzed them from different angles

and the best solution or the best food

for the brain is wild caught

salmon now there’s other types of

seafood that you can use too like

sardines but wild caught salmon is at

the top of the list the question is why

because the brain is mostly fat it’s 60

percent fat and 20 percent of that fat

is made up of something called DHA that

is the omega-3 fatty acid that that

builds the structure of a lot of your

brain so salmon is very rich in omega-3

fatty acids not just DHA but another one

called EPA which is involved in the next

benefit lowered inflammation so salmon

lowers your inflammation salmon provides

the omega-3 the building blocks of your

brain the fat that it needs and as a

side note cholesterol by itself is very

important in the membranes of your brain

and this is why drugs like statins which

block the production of cholesterol have

massive side effects for cognitive

function mood disorders neurological

issues hormone issues things like that a

very important food would be wild caught

salmon because it’s very very fatty it’s

rich in cholesterol it’s rich in omega-3

which helps inflammation as well as

insulin resistance you can help correct

insulin resistance by this omega-3 fatty

acid remember insulin resistance is at

the core of a lot of brain problems

these Omega-3s are really amazing

because they can directly improve memory

learning cognitive function like Focus

as well as your mood so if someone has

depression anxiety one of the things

they use that’s pretty successful and

well researched is by using fish oils

high in omega-3 fatty acids and because

there’s a lot of protein in Salmon you

get all the building blocks for

neurotransmitters for the brain and on

top of that well-cut salmon is is keto

friendly it’s low carb good amount of

protein super healthy protein with other

nutrients and ketones bypass this

insulin resistance damage in the nerve

cell and feeds the neurons directly

without having to involve any glucose so

the brain has this other fuel it can use

more efficiently which is ketones which

by the way is great for seizures in fact

the ketogenic diet okay has been

proven to improve seizures

and lastly it’s the pink pigment that is

in Salmon if it’s wild caught okay

because if it’s not well caught it is

farm raised and they have to use certain

dyes to turn it from Gray to Pink that

pink pigment

is a phytonutrient called

astaxanthin and this is a powerful

antioxidant to help protect the neurons

against the damage from

omega-6 fatty acids refined

carbohydrates and sugars so there you

have it salmon is absolutely the best

food that you can eat for your brain and

also with that salmon that doesn’t

really complete the meal so you want

some dark leafy green vegetable with it

the probably the best one if you want to

look at the brain health that would be

kale and because kale is loaded with

folate vitamin C beta-carotene all these

antioxidants now if you had that as a

salad and you put some nutritional yeast

on it okay unfortified you’ll have all

the B vitamins necessary for the brain

too the brain loves and needs B vitamins

talking about B1 B5 B12 B2 B3 B6 add a

little olive oil to that and you’ll have

a super Health brain supporting meal now

I created another very popular video on

the brain if you have not seen this uh

check it out I put it up right here