There are three ways to flush acute glutamate buildup from the brain:

1. Exercise. The brain can direct glutamate to be used as an energy source to dispose of excess amounts. Glutamate naturally flows by diffusion from areas of high concentration (in blood vessel wall cells) through the blood vessel wall into the circulating bloodstream, where the... See more

The Energy Audit

So what is energy, really?

We don’t know. Not exactly. But we know this: it leaves signatures. And if you want to understand how energy is working in your life, the cleanest method is biological observation .

• Which people leave you feeling charged?


• Which ones leave you drained?


• What foods wake you up?


• What foods sedate you?


• What

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The third type is what I'm calling connectome reading, though I'm not entirely satisfied with the term. This is reading that literally rewires your brain—forming new neural pathways, pruning old ones, building new patterns of thought. It's metabolically expensive. Research suggests deep reading burns significant glucose because your brain is... See more