When I heard I was part of a new podcast called The Brain Food Show, I was excited to be part of this new podcasting opportunity. I had the opportunity to interview Dr. Robert Sapolsky, an author who is a professor of psychology at Harvard. Dr. Sapolsky is an expert on the effects of nutrition on the brain. He has also authored some incredible books that have helped people live healthier and happier lives.
Well, apparently Dr. Sapolsky has also found a way to make us smarter. He’s found that our brain functions and behaviors are influenced by the foods we eat. When we consume certain nutrients, the dopamine levels in our brain increase. This causes us to perform better, learn more, and become more confident. Dr. Sapolsky claims that this means that, in some cases, we might be able to change our mood and outlook on life.
So according to Dr. Sapolsky, his research has found that when we eat certain nutrients, our brain cells are strengthened and thus become more intelligent. This is what he calls a “sensory diet.
The nutritional content of certain dietary foods can vary considerably, so don’t be shy and grab your lunch with the right foods.
While this sounds great, it is not the whole story. Dr. Sapolsky believes that it is the type of foods we eat that makes a difference, not just the type of foods we eat. For example, he discovered that he could make himself happier and make his children happier by eating more greens. According to Dr. Sapolsky, it is not the size of the vegetable, but the type of vegetable that makes all the difference.
Dr. Sapolsky also found out that the type of vegetables you eat can have a massive impact on your emotional and cognitive functioning. In this case, it is the quality of the vegetables that matter. If they are a bunch of white, bland vegetables, your brain will be less happy and you will be less productive. If they are more colorful, your brain will be more happy and you will be more productive.
Your brain is made up of billions of cells, each of which can be different. When you eat a bunch of different vegetables, the brain uses different parts of each cell to process and understand what you are really saying. This is called “synaptic plasticity,” where the brain is able to learn new things without being totally destroyed. A highly colored vegetable, on the other hand, does not have the same kind of plasticity.
It’s easy to forget that we can all learn new things. We can’t just learn all the time, but we can learn new things. It’s also easy to forget that we can’t remember everything we learn, but the brain is still able to remember things like where we went to school, our favorite music, the name of our favorite band, and our location on a map.
Many of us were taught things in school that we can no longer remember, but we can still learn new things we never knew before. We can learn how to take better photos, what a certain song means to us, and how to use the new technology we are learning that we never knew before. We can learn how to be healthier and make better use of our time. We can learn new languages, but we can also learn how to make better use of the ones we learned in school.
These things are called “learned skills.” Learning how to drive a car is one learned skill, learning how to eat a meal is another, learning how to play an instrument is another, and learning how to learn is another. Learning how to speak a foreign language is a second learned skill, learning how to play an instrument is a third, and learning how to learn is a fourth.