The following video talks about some of the best foods to include in your diet, to maintain a super active brain, in a very healthy body.
The foods mentioned in the video are:
If you want to increase your IQ, there are some specific steps you can take. These include reading lots of different information, and learning to play an instrument. Follow the video below for lots of ideas to improve your IQ.
The powerful techniques described in the video can be summarized as follows:
Independent studies.
Always be looking to learn some extra information. You can do this by going to libraries or conferences. The internet and online courses are a great way to get access to free information. The best part is it encourages you to love learning.
Musical training.
Many studies have shown that people who play a musical instrument have a higher intelligence. Learning music improves both visual and verbal stimuli, which is great for the brain. This encourages the brain to process in many different ways, and solve problems from a variety of angles. It also helps with brain plasticity, ie the ability to use much more of the brain.
Strengthening your heart.
When you have a strong cardiovascular system, it means that there is a good blood flow to all parts of the body. Most importantly there is good blood flow to the brain, bringing oxygenated blood to power the brain. Challenging the body physically, also challenges the brain and mind.
Mastering a new language.
Learning a new language is great for the brain. It’s not only special to be able to communicate with people living in different parts of the world, but it also enhances your brain. The process of learning another language expands both the hippocampus and the frontal lobe. This means that the grey matter in the brain is increased. The hippocampus is involved in both learning and memory, while the frontal lobe is important for problem solving.
These are some really simple strategies to maximize the abilities of our amazing brain, what are you going to start doing today?
During the human history, having increased intellectual capacity has been one of the features which distinguished between successful people and ordinary ones. Even nowadays, the intelligence is the one which makes the difference between people. You can probably guess, the intelligent persons have a bigger capacity for learning and observing things, which prompts them towards higher positions in the society and implicitly, better paid jobs. The amount of intelligence one possesses is measured through specific tests. Their results are oftener referred to by scientists as intelligence quotient.
The intelligence quotient, or IQ, is measured by using the formula 100 X (mental age/chronological age). Most peoples intelligence quotient is somewhere around 100, but there are also people who have lower IQ (especially those persons who have suffered some kind of traumas in their past or who suffer from a mental condition) or higher IQ (those people considered to be geniuses). In this latter category, important scientific people can be included, such as Albert Einstein, who had an IQ of 170 and Isaac Newton, whose IQ is said to be not less than 200.
It is necessary to mention that the value of your IQ is not something you are born with. Rather, your intelligence increases with time. Thus, the older you get, the more intelligent you become. Yet, in addition to age, the IQ is also directly proportional with the amount of time spent and effort made in order to train your brain. As you probably know, in order to be capable of learning more and have a higher IQ, you should train your brain continuously. Training means do a lot of reading and problem solving.
There are people claiming that you can only learn a specific amount of information and that if you try to overwork your brain, it will fail to accumulate any new information. This is a false assumption. Moreover, the more you train your brain, by reading, solving different problems and playing mind games, the more chances you have to rapidly and significantly increase your IQ.
In addition to that, there are other factors which can contribute to the continuous increase of IQ, such as food, physical movement and a healthy lifestyle.
The intelligence is not something an individual is born with. Rather, it depends on the environment in which the individual grows and develops as a human being and on the way in which that person uses their brain. It is very well known that external factors have a great contribution in the way the brain evolves during the individuals life. How much that individual reads and has cultural activities, the social background in which that individual lives and the stress to which a person is supposed are factors which influence the brain development and thus the IQ.
Yet, what most people do not know is that the food they eat has also a great influence upon the brain and upon the way in which the intellectual abilities evolve along the years. There have been numerous articles triggering an alarm signal regarding the damaging effects that fatty foods and fast foods in general have upon health, but it has almost never been emphasized that in addition to health problems, the fast foods are also highly damaging for the brain as they stop any further evolution of the intellect. There have been cases in which the unhealthy diets have lead not only to a stop in the intelligence evolution, but to a regression of the IQ. This is why, it I recommendable that you think twice when eating unhealthy foods.
Basically, the foods which should be avoided in order to maintain the brain healthy and in good function are those containing high amounts of chemical substances, high amounts of sugar and of saturated fats. These are not only real threats to the silhouette and to the skin, but they have also devastating effects upon the brain.
So, if you really want to have both a healthy body and a brain which works good in any situation you should definitely give up sugary foods, pastries, fatty foods and sodas! You will see that after only a short period of eating healthy food your mood will improve and your brain will start functioning in a more alert way.
The human brain is probably one of the most complex organs. It is also one of the less understood by the large public. The way in which the brain functions is a mystery for most people. Yet, there is one thing which everybody knows: an increased intelligence means higher positions in the society and higher incomes form your job. Thus, more and more people are in the search of techniques which will help them increase their IQ effectively and boost their intelligence in a short period of time.
The brain is similar to a muscle: the more you put it to effort, the more it will be capable to resist. This means that if you are thinking about increasing your IQ, it is absolutely necessary to train your brain continuously. A short period of hard work will not give result if it is followed by a long period of leisure and lethargy. In contrast, long periods of study always give satisfactory results on the long run and make the brain function properly for more time.
But what means training your brain? Well, training means putting your brain to work. Reading numerous books and articles, playing mind games and computer strategy games, solving problems and continuously looking for new things which can challenge your brain are great ways of boosting your intelligence. The newer and more interesting things you discover, the more you increase your intelligence and improve your mental abilities, so search for things you might be interested in.
It is highly important that all these activities are combined, so that all the parts of your brain are put to work. The more diversified the mental exercises are, the bigger are the chances that your brain will increase its capacities and function better day by day. Also, by having a diversified mental training, all the aspects of the intelligence will be equally exploited, allowing you to become a polyvalent person. Thus, do not just stick to those fields which have always been close to your soul, but rather try new things. It is never too late to start developing passions for one or another thing.
You probably know that what you eat, not only influences the amount of energy you have, and how much fat you acquire on your body. What you eat can also have severe consequences on your health status, on the way your skin looks, and last, but not least, on the way your brain functions. The influence of your diet upon health, skin and overall look has been extensively discussed in many types of articles and papers. Yet, few people know what damaging effects a wrong diet can have upon their brain. This is what we are going to talk about in this article.
The brain, just like any other organ, needs nourishment which can give it the energy and nutrients needed to function properly. Therefore, foods containing antioxidants, Omega-3 fats and fiber(complex carbohydrates) should be included in your daily meals for the brain to function optimally. Once you start introducing good foods into your regular diet, your brain will start working better. It will be able to handle more information, and it will be able to cope with stress conditions. Also, the intellectual capacity will increase significantly, including the memory.
On the other hand, the brain cannot function properly when surrounded by harmful chemicals. Some chemicals are inhaled in the air we breathe, so try to spend time in low pollution areas. There may also be a lot of chemicals in our food. Fast foods and drinks, often contain a variety of artificial chemicals. Always remember to take a look at the label with the list of ingredients. Many additives will not only stop your ability to improve your IQ, but they may have a significant contribution in lowering your intellectual capabilities. So one of the best ways to increase your brain power is to have a clean, healthy diet.
Therefore, if you are thinking about increasing your IQ you should consider adopting a healthy diet, with lots of fruits, fresh vegetables and healthy fats. This is the best way to enhance your intellectual quotient (IQ).
Green tea, black tea and coffee have been long known as energy boosters. They were used in order to revitalize the body and mind when they were giving signs of tiredness. Nowadays, many people rely on these energy increasers to give them power to make it through the day. The day of a modern person starts with a large cup of coffee, while during the day, at least one cup of black or green tea are drank to maintain the level of energy as high as possible. Also, the recent history has also come up with numerous energetic drinks and sodas which are very rich in caffeine and which are highly popular among people who want to increase their brain power or muscular strength for a limited period of time.
The miraculous ingredient which makes all these drinks highly effective in fighting sleep and tiredness and boosting the energy is caffeine. People heavily rely on it for solving all their tasks in a limited period of time and with minimum physical effort. It has become as used as all the other basic foods and drinks.
The reason for which caffeine is so effective is that it affects the release of adenosine, the chemical substance meant to announce the body when it is time to sleep. Without this chemical or when its presence in the body is significantly reduced, the body does not feel the need to sleep, thus prolonging its state of alert. Also, because caffeine fully oxygenizes the brain and reduces the flow of blood which reaches the heart, the brain gets more and more active and energetic, which leads to an increased intellectual activity. This is the reason for which most people signal a higher power of leaning and greater intellectual capacity after consuming a cup of drink containing this wonder-ingredient.
Yet, in addition to firing up the neurons and increasing the intellectual abilities for a limited period of time, the drinks containing caffeine also give the individual a state of well-being. This state is caused by the dopamine, the same substance which is responsible for creating addiction. Thus, if you drink caffeine drinks on a regular basis and you feel like you lose your focus when you do not have a cup of coffee in the morning, you should know that the only one to blame for that is the dopamine.
The human body is a complex machine and each of its parts plays a very important part in its good function. Thus, it is quite hard to imagine how a human would have dealt without one or the other parts of its body. However, a capital importance in the body’s good function has its brain. Even the most banal activities, such as walking or seeing are controlled by it. Due to its extreme importance, it is necessary to maintain the brain in good shape and make sure that nothing will prevent it from working normally.
Most people even try to accelerate the speed with which their brain accumulates information and makes connections. Even though increasing your intelligence is not an easy process, but rather requires long time attention and a very well thought schedule, it does not mean that ordinary people are not able to improve their intelligence. In fact, the brain will start working much better once all those factors which influence it in a negative manner are eliminated.
Among the factors which negatively affect the brain we can enumerate the lack of proper sleep, stress, smoking and drinking. These last two factors are by far the most damaging to the human body in general, and to the brain especially. Smoking decreases the amount of oxygen from inside your body, thus also diminishing the amount of oxygen which goes to the brain. Low oxygen results in improper function of the brain, thus less intellectual capacity. Even though on short run, people may notice a certain improvement in their intellectual abilities while smoking, on the long run, the effects of smoking are quite damaging. A non-smoker has more chances to increase their IQ easy and fast than a person who ingests daily tobacco smoke.
On the other hand, drinking has serious effects on the structure of the nervous cells by destructing their connections. This damage can be temporary or permanent, depending on the quantity of alcohol ingested and the period of time in which one has drank on a regular basis. When one stops drinking and smoking, the brain starts to recover gradually and thus starts working better, allowing more information to be assimilated in a shorter period of time.
Thus, if you want to improve your mental abilities and increase your IQ significantly, you should start by giving up your negative habits of drinking and smoking. You will not also think more and better, but you will increase the quality of your life.
Breathing is a vital process, as no living creature can survive without air. Humans need air too and the amount of oxygen they get influences the state in which the organism is. If the amount and quantity of air that reaches the lungs, and from there inside each and every organ and tissue, is low, than the body will not function at its normal rate. The overall state is bad and the individual starts having health problems. In contrast, if the body gets enough oxygen to preform is daily activities, it will function properly all day long.
Believe it or not, breathing has great importance when it comes to the way in which the brain works. In order to work properly, the brain needs oxygen, just like all the other organs. When it does not get enough, the brain fails to do its activities well, thus stopping any further evolution of one’s intelligence. So, if the breathing process is not done correctly, there is no chance of ever increasing the IQ.
Few people know that there is a correct way in which they should breath, and this means standing with your back straight and eliminate as much as possible the obstacles which may prevent the air flow from getting inside the body. Also, it is highly important that both the inhalation and exhalation are deep. Only this way will the necessary quantity of oxygen enter the body and get inside the lungs, while the carbon dioxide will be efficiently exhaled. Superficial breathing, as well as breathing an air of low quality will not ensure the amount quantity of air, thus leading to bad activity of the body and the impossibility of acquiring new information. A stop in the evolution of the brain is produced and only when the brain will receive enough oxygen will it be able to start functioning properly again.
There are multiple factors which can influence breathing, such as stress, body posture, pollution and smoking. These factors should be, as much as possible, neutralized and a proper breathing should be exercised before starting to train the brain. Only this way will a program of increasing the IQ will be efficient and give positive results in a short period of time.
There is very good news for people who love chocolate: this delicious dessert does more than lighten up your day. The so much loved chocolate is well known for its positive effects upon the human brain, thus now you have twice more reasons to eat as much chocolate as your heart (and brain) desires!
Chocolate contains a large amount of antioxidants, which make your brain function better. Also, in addition to boosting your intellectual capacity, antioxidants also help your body remain young and fresh for a larger period of time: thus double effect – youth for your mind and body.
In addition to that, chocolate is a source of caffeine, thus maintain your brain in a state of alertness for a longer period. Thus you will be able to stay focused for a more time, fact which will allow you to learn more things in a shorter period of time. Also, you will be able to solve problems which at a first view may seem difficult much faster than if you tried to solve them before eating a piece of chocolate.
Chocolate is called the ingredient which brings happiness because it increases the serotonin form your body. Thus, you will forget about your problems and worries or at least will see them in a more positive way. It is no wonder that after eating a piece of chocolate life seems simpler and much more fun.
If you choose to eat dark chocolate, the benefits your brain will have are even greater, as dark chocolate is a valuable source of fibers. Fibers, as you probably know are essential in having a good and healthy cardiovascular system. If the cardiovascular system works properly, then the brain will also work well.
So, a healthy brain, which functions properly, may start with a piece of chocolate. Also, an increased IQ and improved intellectual capacity can begin with the same piece of chocolate. This means that if you have until now avoided this delicious ingredient or you have taken it out because you are on a diet, you should put it back on your list of favorite foods, as its benefits are far more important than the few extra calories it brings.