Like an expensive car, your brain functions best when it
gets only premium fuel. Eating high-quality foods that contain lots of
vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants nourishes the brain and protects it from
oxidative stress — the “waste” (free radicals) produced when the body uses
oxygen, which can damage cells.
If your brain is deprived of good-quality nutrition, or if free radicals or damaging inflammatory cells are circulating within the brain’s enclosed space, further contributing to brain tissue injury, consequences are to be expected. What’s interesting is that for many years, the medical field did not fully acknowledge the connection between mood and food.
This may sound implausible to you, but the notion that good bacteria not only influence what your gut digests and absorbs, but that they also affect the degree of inflammation throughout your body, as well as your mood and energy level, is gaining traction among researchers. The results so far have been quite amazing.
Start paying attention to how eating different foods makes you feel — not just in the moment, but the next day.
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