Part 4 = LIFESTYLE
Things to consider:
Go to a holistic dentist
+ educate yourself on ‘The Fluoride deception’ and the ‘Truth about Tooth Decay’
Use Natural Cleaning Products
Homemade = Lemon + baking Soda + Vinegar
Dirty Dozen = Eat these foods Organic!
| Apples | Grapes | Cucumbers | Kale |
| Peaches | Celery | Cherry Tomatoes | Blueberries |
| Nectarines | Spinach | Snap Peas | |
| Strawberries | Peppers | Potatoes |
- Clean your fruits and veggies with a 10% vinegar 90% water solution
Grow your own food! – Check your Soil:
- Too acidic? – needs some lime
- Too basic – needs sulfur
Heavy metals in foods
(Heavy metal chelation = the process of pulling metals out of the body)
*** watch out for more on this subject ***
“Buckets”
- Categorize days of the week into specific types of jobs or tasks
- Instead of days consider breaking up the day into chunks of time/tasks.
- Emails – only check them at a specific (or at 2 specific) times during the day
OTHER LIFESTYLE TIPS
+ Use PCB free bottles
+ Shift to Natural personal care products
+ EMF exposure – it’s real…
+ Sleep more
+ Learn to detect what ‘synthetic’ tastes like
Part 5 = BRAIN
Fatigue
-> is in the brain = a physiological state of mind
Fatigue is NOT
- In the heart
- Or in the lungs
- Muscles or Physiology
Fatigue IS
= when your brain signals your body to STOP, due to:
- Oxygen levels
- Ketone / Fatty Acid availability
- Glucose Availability
Decision-Making Fatigue
– IT’S A REAL THING –
The Anterior Cingulate Cortex
- controls heart rate and breathing
- also involved in the decision making process
- as well as your ability to paying attention in general
- THE MORE YOU REQUIRE YOUR BRAIN AT ANY ONE TIME – THE FASTER YOU ARE GOING TO FATIGUE. – REGARDLESS OF HOW FIT YOUR MUSCLES ARE….
- The struggle is between the part of us that wants to quit and the part of us that wants to keep going = this struggle takes up all our available resources.
It all boils down to conflict resolution: the more on your mind, the worse your performance.
Brain State for Best Performance
@ 8-12 Hz = alpha brain waves
- A state of relaxed alertness (not one of aggression!)
- Direct correlation between brain waves and neurotransmitter production
MUSIC
- Sound / frequency activate the ‘Calmodulin Pathway’
- Increases blood flow to brain (it’s a good thing!)
- Highest activation when learning
2 Ways The Brain Breaks Down!
- Neurotransmitter
- HPA axis :
3 parts in the brain that work together in order to regulate stress response, mood, digestion, immune system, energy levels etc…- Hypothalamus
- Pituitary glands
- Adrenal glands
How to fix a brain break down:
- DIET – 95% of your serotonin is in your GUT
- Avoid exercise and unnecessary stress
- Reduce inflammation (naturally)
(*The process of fixing your diet will help reduce inflammation, and reducing inflammation will help fix your Gut, which in turn allows your Brain to fix itself (because it can – see Norman Doidge)-> Exercise and Stress will not help neural recovery*)
+ Nootropics!?! (def) Anything that improves mental function.
- Alpha Lipoic Acid
- Carnitine
- Caffeine
- Creatine
- Fatty acids / Fish oil
- MCT oils
- Vitamin D and K
Use Meditation for stress relief
Use Mindfulness for emotional health
Namaste!
🙂