Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life (Genius Living Book 1)

that chronic climate comfort may be in the same league as sugar when it comes to metabolic mayhem.

Another compound, psilocybin, the psychoactive chemical in “magic” mushrooms, prevents serotonin reuptake and also mimics serotonin, activating its receptors.

FAQ: If cholesterol is so good for the brain, I should eat more of it, right? A: Feel free to enjoy foods that contain cholesterol; just know that there is no need to chase it as a nutrient. This is because the brain naturally produces all the cholesterol it needs. It’s more important to ensure the body’s cholesterol system stays healthy, and to av

quality sleep is a precondition for having the willpower to change your other habits, causing hormonal changes that will supercharge your results.

F-acids are the perfect case in point: pharmaceutical companies have been trying to distill and extract purer and purer concentrations of EPA omega-3s from fish to create super-potent fish oil, but they don’t always show the expected anti-inflammatory benefit.

the safest level of added sugar consumption is zero.

drugs do not work in isolation.

Research has shown that elevated blood sugar actually shortens the life spans of blood cells, so while a person with normal blood sugar may have blood cells that live for four months, someone with chronically high blood sugar may have blood cells that live for three or less.

The immune system becomes suppressed, and blood itself becomes more viscous as platelets (the type of blood cells involved in clotting) begin to aggregate as a cautionary measure in case of blood loss.

Membranes are formed by substances called phospholipids, which are essentially the chemical structures that hold important building blocks like DHA in place in the cell membrane.