Head Strong: The Bulletproof Plan to Activate Untapped Brain Energy to Work Smarter and Think Faster-in Just Two Weeks

One thing I have done for nearly a decade to increase my body’s negative charge is called earthing, or soaking up negative charge from the ground.

In fact, we couldn’t even see blue until a few hundred years ago.9 Ancient civilizations had no word for “blue.” In The Odyssey, Homer describes the sea as “wine dark.” The color blue was the last to appear in most languages, including Greek, Chinese, Japanese, and Hebrew. The evidence suggests that since they had no name for it, these people did n

MERCURY Mercury is a heavy metal and one of the most toxic of all in its class. It depletes the antioxidants that your mitochondria need to combat oxidative stress,37 leading to inflammation, cell damage, and mitochondrial dysfunction. It has also been directly linked to reduced IQ.

One type of mold toxin, called ochratoxin A (OTA)—found especially in high-polyphenol foods such as coffee, chocolate, wine, grains, and beer—is pure mitochondrial kryptonite.

Wim Hof, who holds twenty Guinness World Records for withstanding extreme temperatures, has climbed Mount Everest and Mount Kilimanjaro in only shorts and shoes. Wim is best known as “the Iceman,” and you may have seen him on TV swimming among glaciers without a wet suit. He has developed a breathing technique that provides short bursts of oxygen t

Milk protein is bad for your mitochondria. Milk sugar is still sugar. But milk fat? That’s what does a body good.

The researchers observed that when it is exposed to sunlight or mechanical vibration, melanin has the power to break water apart,

The following choices are relatively high in omega-3s and low in mercury: • Sardines • Sockeye salmon • Anchovies • Mackerel • Wild trout • Fish/Krill Oil. Many people buy fish oil to increase their omega-3 intake, but poor-quality fish oil can cause more problems than it solves. Many of the discount brands you are likely to see at your local groce

There are two things you can do to limit the damaging effects of junk light, and we’ll explore each in greater detail in the following two sections. The first is to cut down on your exposure to blue light. The second is to increase your exposure to high-quality light sources to balance out the excess blue you get. Sunshine is best,