These Tips Will Help You Avoid Brain Fog

Have you ever had one of those days where your brain just refuses to work? You feel exhausted, unmotivated and unable to concentrate on even the simplest of tasks. It can be frustrating, especially if it’s one of those days where you need to be at the top of your game. 

This hazy feeling we are talking about is often referred to as brain fog. It’s a casual term used to describe reduced cognitive function in terms of concentration, memory, mental energy, thought processing and more. This can sound a bit frightening, but it’s not. It’s not a precursor to certain conditions, rather, it’s a mental state many of us experience more than once in our lifetime. And, we have the standard American lifestyle to thank for that. 

We live in a fast-paced, result-oriented era where everyone is in a hurry to get something done. We are processing information all day long, we eat our food on the run, we stress over deadlines, and the list goes on. With that, we are constantly exposed to toxins and chemicals in a variety of forms including the foods we eat, the air we breathe, and the thoughts we think. Between the pace of life and toxins, our bodies are constantly battling to keep us functioning at our best, with the immune system leading this fight. 

So here’s what happens, small exposures to these toxins and chemicals add up and cause adverse reactions in the body. Our bodies are designed to protect themselves and one way they do this is with an attempted healing response. Well, we can only handle a certain amount of demand on the immune system. When our body can control this healing response it’s helpful. For example, if you turn your ankle it will likely swell up. That’s your body protecting itself. On the other end, when the healing trigger is constant it can begin to burden your body, especially the gut and the brain.

It’s important to note the ever-important connection between the gut and the brain, the gut-brain axis.  Your gut and brain are directly connected. As a matter of fact, the two are “hardwired” together by the vagus nerve, connected by the enteric nervous system (ENS), connected by some 500 million neurons, and connected biochemically by more than 30 various neurotransmitters, some of which are produced by certain species of the gut microflora. In simple terms, they have a direct impact on one another. When your gut is happy, so is your brain and vice versa. 

So what does all of this have to do with brain fog? Well, the way we live our lives has a direct impact on this situation. It starts with the foods we eat, the products we use and the thoughts we think. Take food for example, the foods we consume can either support our body or harm our body, enhance our energy or tank it, and support our gut microbiome or hurt it. 

When we consume these common convenience foods like processed crackers, chips, candy, french fries and so on it wreaks havoc on our gut microbiome. These fake foods can harm the delicate balance of bacteria in the gut by feeding the bad guys. In turn, thanks to the gut-brain axis, we can begin to experience fatigue and become fuzzy-headed. 

It’s not only what happens in the gut, though. We eat food for energy because we need it to get through the day. With that, the brain uses glucose for energy and we are not talking about sugar here. Rather, complex grains from real whole foods. And, if the brain doesn’t get it’s preferred source of energy it’s happy to use fatty acids as it waits for its precious glucose. Here’s the problem with this scenario, if the rich whole food sourced glucose doesn’t show up fatigue sets in. 

Now, food isn’t the only culprit. Every day we wash our clothes, wash our dishes, scrub our sinks, breathe in air and so on. The toxins and chemicals present affect the immune system as well. And, over time they add up and can negatively impact the natural healing response. 

Live the #NewEarthLife

We are not sitting ducks here. We can live in a way that helps to limit the toxins and chemicals we are exposed to. We can live in a way that supports our important gut-brain axis and our entire body so we can function at our best, meet our deadlines, and use that energy we have leftover to do the things we enjoy!

There are several daily actions you can take to nourish and nurture your body allowing it to function at its best and in turn allowing you live the life you desire. Here are a few of our favorites:  

  1. Practice a whole foods-based diet. Focus on consuming a diet rich in whole foods, foods that haven’t been processed or have been minimally processed. The human body runs at its best on food very close to, or in, its natural state. 
  2. Hydrate with high-quality H20. Shoot for at least half of your body weight in ounces daily. 
  3. Exercise. Shoot for a minimum of 30 minutes at least three times a week. 
  4. Destress daily. Carve out 3-5 minutes (or more) for meditation. 
  5. Boost nutrient intake. Have you ever heard of organic Wild Microalgae®? It’s a rare type of blue-green algae that contains an extraordinary nutrient profile. In fact, it’s a near-perfect food filled with all 20 standard amino acids, essential fatty acids, vitamins, minerals, phenylethylamine (PEA), and antioxidant pigments phycocyanin and chlorophyll. Thes best part? You can try it risk-free with our 90 day money back guarantee.

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