EAT YOURSELF SMARTER! A cognitive map is a mental map, model or representation that helps code, store, recall and even decode information regarding attributes of everyday phenomena. This includes the metaphorical spatial environment. These maps are also mental representations of physical locations, helping humans and animals find their way by recalling important features, like back-tracking your way out of a maze. They provide insight into worlds where humans have sensory deficits or physical handicaps -- think of the blind navigating their way through familiar territory. Also, unimportant information is often excluded, so a cognitive map can be very different from an actual place. Cognitive maps can be constructed for spaces as small as your bedroom or as large as planet Earth and the universe itself. They are utilized in child psychology and emotional counselling. These conceptions also mature with us. Cognitive mapping evolves. Where does YOUR mind go, and what are the routes you are taking? Could you also eliminate mental obstacles? Think of your brain as a huge tree, with thousands of tiny branches, and they all have leaves, which are like your new experiences that need watering. Your context via interaction with your environment designs the maps of physical, mental and spiritual realms. Highly nutritious food is the fuel and a major part of this to consider now. Switch to organic! Junk science is the study of food that makes people addicted to certain flavours and excitotoxins that disrupt your central nervous system. The entire fast food industry is based on junk science -- full of refined, processed GMO sugar, glucose fructose syrup, artificial sweeteners and animal by-products. The corporate money-making machine churns out cognition-killing foods that breed preventable diseases. This dampens all thinking, energy, motivation and, yes, cognitive mapping. Best brain foods available... Organic Ginger The brain-boosting properties of ginger register off the charts, according to research published in Evidence-Based Complementary Medicine. Volunteers were given standardized ginger extract, 400 and 800 mg/day. The researchers documented considerable increase in memory, while brain oxidative stress was reduced. Another study discovered that ginger root minimizes damage from MSG neurotoxicity. Chlorella and Spirulina for Pure Protein! According to the Health Ranger, Mike Adams, a brilliant scientific food investigator and nutritionist, chlorella and spirulina are the most astounding food sources on planet Earth. Most people have no idea that spirulina contains 12 times the digestible protein of beef. A phytochemical found in chlorella is known to remediate nerve damage in the brain and nervous system. Plus, chlorella is used in the recovery of patients with Alzheimers and Parkinsons disease. Both can reverse cancer! Organic Beetroot Juice A relatively new study published in Nitric Oxide: Biology and Chemistry, a peer-reviewed journal, is the first to link consumption of nitrate-rich beet juice to increased blood flow to the brain. Many studies have revealed that it lowers blood pressure, but now we know that it also increases perfusion -- or blood flow to the brain. Organic Curcumin Brain food that protects against diabetes and arthritis. Studies published in Experimental Gerontology found that curcumin improved vascular health in ageing lab mice by ameliorating artery stiffening. The mice experienced no oxidative stress according to scientists. Celery, Cabbage and Spinach High concentrations of nitrates are found in leafy green vegetables that turn to nitrites thanks to good bacteria in the mouth. These help blood vessels increase oxygen flow, specifically to places that are lacking oxygen! Making the Brain and Gut Connection Food we eat interacts with the gut, and the gut itself interacts with the brain by nerve and hormone signalling. This is why food choices are of major importance! When were starving for a meal, we often grab what is convenient, and this unfortunately is manipulated by the Big Food (GMO/processed) industry.
Posted on: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 10:27:54 +0000
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