The #1 Best Food for Your Brain

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1:03Now, the brain is a very interesting organ. It's the fattiest organ of all of your organs in your body. It only makes up 2% of her body weight, but it consumes 20% of all of our fuel. And the size of your brain does not equal your intelligence. Another misconception of the brain is that the nerves cannot regenerate. What you're born with, you have, you can't change. But that's absolutely not true. Certain parts of your brain can completely weak rel. And lastly, there are no pain receptors in your brain. This is why sometimes when they do brain surgery, that you're wide awake. Now, related to the best food for the brain, we should probably define exactly what we're trying to do with the brain. We're talking about the food that improves memory, concentration, focus, thinking, problem solving, learning, mood disorders, brain inflammation. So I did a deep dive into this topic. Looking at all the key nutrients that the brain needs. And also, there are basically three foods that destroy the brain.

2:04In fact, when you go to the grocery store, you're going to find the majority of these three ingredients. So let's start with number one, Omega 6 fatty acids. Now, what is that? That is like soy oil, corn oil, canola oil, cotton seed oil. These are the fats or oils that create a lot of inflammation in your nervous system. The second ingredient is you guessed it sugar. And even if you look at diabetes, which is a diet of consuming too much sugar, you have something called type three diabetes, which is Alzheimer's. So they now know that Alzheimer's is really a situation where the nerves are starved of a glute coast. Now, you might immediately think, well, I thought diabetes was high sugar. So that should be feeding the nerves, all the sugar and fuel it needs, right? Well, unfortunately, when you start feeding too much sugar to the nervous system, you have this thing called insulin, which is kind of like the gatekeeper that controls the absorption of glucose.

3:08That starts going up and up and up. And then you develop this protected mechanism called insulin resistance. So more fuel, more insulin resistance, less connection of that fuel to the neuron. You literally end up starving the neurons of fuel. This is why there's such a high incidence of Alzheimer's or dementia with diabetes. And the third ingredient, which is kind of a large category, refined carbohydrates. This is those lovely breads, pasta, cereal crackers, biscuits, waffles, pancakes, muffins, things like that. Not only do these carbohydrates turn into sugar really quick, but they have gluten and gluten destroys the gut for most people. And if you've ever heard of something called the brain gut access, whatever's going on down in the gut is going to be going on in the head. There's been a huge link between gluten problems in your gut and dementia.

4:10And of course, these refined carbohydrates just completely deplete you of the trace minerals that the brain also needs. And I'm talking about zinc, selenium, and iodine. And this is a side down. If an infant is deficient in iodine, their IQ becomes much lower, unfortunately, because the full brain development doesn't occur. So all three of these ingredients, omega-6 fatty acids, sugar, refined carbohydrates, all contribute and create insulin resistance. And again, insulin resistance starves the nerve cells of their fuel, creating depth of the neuron. So now let's get to the number one food that would heal the brain and all of these problems. So I looked at a lot of different foods and analyzed them from different, and on any journey using Uber, it helps to know you're getting into the right car. Pin verification adds an extra step to make sure your ride is your ride. Before the trip begins, your app gives you a unique pin. Just tell it to your driver and they'll enter it in their app before the ride can start.

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6:20So salmon is very rich in omega-3 fatty acids, not just DHA, but another one called EPA, which is involved in the next benefit, lowered inflammation. So salmon lowers your inflammation. Salmon provides the omega-3, the building blocks of your brain, the fat that it needs. And as a side note, cholesterol by itself is very important in the membranes of your brain. And this is why drugs like statins, which block the production of cholesterol, have massive side effects for cognitive function, mood disorders, neurological issues, hormone issues, things like that. A very important food would be wild caught salmon because it's very, very fatty. It's rich in cholesterol, it's rich in omega-3, which helps inflammation. As well as insulin resistance, you can help correct insulin resistance by this omega-3 fatty acid. Remember, insulin resistance is at the core of a lot of brain problems.

7:22These omega-3s are really amazing because they can directly improve memory, learning, cognitive function, like focus, as well as your mood. So if someone has depression and anxiety, one of the things they use that's pretty successful and well researched is by using fish oils high in omega-3 fatty acids. And because there's a lot of protein in salmon, you get all the building blocks for neurotransmitters for the brain. And on top of that, wild caught salmon is keto-friendly. It's low carb, good amount of protein, super healthy protein with other nutrients. And ketones bypass this insulin resistance damage in the nerve cell and feeds the neurons directly without having to involve any glucose. So the brain has this other fuel it can use more efficiently, which is ketones, which by the way is great for seizures. In fact, the ketogenic diet has been proven to improve seizures.

8:25And lastly, it's the pink pigment that is in salmon. If it's wild caught, okay, because if it's not wild caught, it is farm raised and they have to use certain dyes to turn it from gray to pink. That pink pigment is a phytonutrient called asta-zanthin. And this is a powerful antioxidant to help protect the neurons against the damage from omega-6 fatty acids, refined carbohydrates, and sugars. So there you have it, salmon is absolutely the best food that you can eat for your brain. And also with that salmon, that doesn't really complete the meal. So you want some darkly-thee green vegetable with it. The probably the best one, if you want to look at the brain health, that would be kale. And because kale is loaded with folate, vitamin C, beta-carotene, all these antioxidants. Now, if you had that as a salad and you put some nutritional yeast on it, okay, I'm not sure if it's that unfortified.

9:26You'll have all the B vitamins necessary for the brain too. The brain loves and needs B vitamins. Talking about B1, B5, B12, B2, B3, B6, a little olive oil to that. And you'll have a super-health brain-supporting meal. Now, I created another very popular video on the brain. If you have not seen this, check it out. I put it up right here. On any journey using Uber, it helps to know you're getting into the right car. Pin verification adds an extra step to make sure your ride is your ride. Before the trip begins, your app gives you a unique pin. Just tell it to your driver, and they'll enter it in their app before the ride can start. Hey, what'd you pin? Mm-hmm. Two, five, three, eight. That way you know you're in the right car taking the right trip, and your driver knows you're the right passenger.

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