Tips for Nourishing Your Brain
Excerpt from What Should I Eat Book 2 – Food as Medicine By Rudy Scarfalloto D.C.

Favor foods that are rich in antioxidants: fresh and raw fruits and vegetables.
Favor foods that promote higher levels nitric oxide: Watermelon, pomegranate, cranberries, citrus, beets, carrots, kale, spinach, dark chocolate and turmeric
Load up on Phytonutrients. In addition to providing critically important antioxidant protection, the phytonutrients found in colorful fruits and vegetables provide regulatory support to help the brain maintain the proper levels of neurotransmitters.

- Raw nuts and seeds, avocados, coconuts, free range eggs, fermented dairy products such as yogurt, and wild-caught fatty fish, such as salmon.
- Most of the commonly available fatty foods tend to higher in omega 6. This can be a problem because Omega 6 oils tend to promote inflammation.
- Foods that promote a more favorable balance of Omega 3 and 6 are walnuts, flax seeds, chia seeds and salmon.
- Raw nuts and seeds, avocados, coconuts, free range eggs, fermented dairy products such as yogurt, and wild-caught fatty fish, such as salmon.
- Most of the commonly available fatty foods tend to higher in omega 6. This can be a problem because Omega 6 oils tend to promote inflammation.
- Foods that promote a more favorable balance of Omega 3 and 6 are walnuts, flax seeds, chia seeds and salmon.


- Keep the digestive tract clean. Ultimately, a brain-benefitting diet is going to closely resemble the gut healing diets described in chapter 5. The reason? Gut health can greatly impact what goes on between the ears. as described in the next chapter.
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Curiosity, creativity, problem solving, and learning new information and skills rejuvenate the brain. The rule of thumb for brain regeneration is to do something new and different. Use your brain.
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