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Try This Mental Meal Plan Tonight |
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| | Matthew Makowski Senior Health Researcher |
| | | Vanity is an evil beast.
Drive through any urban or suburban neighborhood, and you're bound to pass a few gyms.
Inside, folks are huffing, puffing and dripping sweat in the name of looking good. Oh sure, they'll tell us they're doing it for their health - and some genuinely are. But for most of the 20- and 30-somethings wiping their brows, it's a lie that even they don't truly believe.
If health were their first concern, all of America would be practicing a new form of exercise.
It's called neurobics.
As its name implies, it's all about exercising your mind.
It's not hard. You'll never break a sweat or find yourself out of breath.
Doing puzzles, reading thought-provoking books (or daily issues of Practical Health Today...) and even watching the TV quieter than you normally would are all ample forms of neurobics.
But what most folks forget is that our brain is an organ that relies on some very precise chemistry. And if the mix of chemicals isn't just right, it will never work at its peak efficiency. |
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Eat This, Think Better
There is all sorts of scientific evidence that proves it: What we eat affects the way we think.
Just as bodybuilders and fitness experts maintain a strict diet that enhances the way they look and the way they build muscles, we must feed our brain the nutrients it needs.
It's not hard.
Here's an ideal day's menu.
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