March 2007
Monthly Archive
Wednesday 28 Mar 2007
The Big Book of Brain Boosters
Where have I been? I’ve been researching and querying experts on that plastic glob under your skull: the brain. Experts who know about
- Brain exercises
- Food
- Exercise
- Creativity
- Emotional intelligence
- Types of intelligence
- Energy medicine
- Meditation.
I’m writing the The Big Book of Brain Boosters: How to Keep Your Brain Alive–Well into the Next Decade (Conari, 2008). The book will let you know the latest research on brains–in English–and tips to maximize the brain.
The first tip: Eat lots of Omega-3s* to improve the fats in our brain compared to the overdose of Omega-6s (most cooking oils) and other fats (animal fats).
Omega-3s are in
- Walnuts
- Butternuts (what are these?)
- Flaxseed
- Oils (flaxseed, canola, soybean)
- Fatty fish (salmon, herring, tuna, mackerel, sardines, bluefish)
- Fish oil capsules
And somewhere I read ground cloves?! Maybe that’s why we love pumpkin pie. Omega-3s ease depression and help cholesterol. I wonder if Omega-3s help you rest at night?
Have other brain boosting ideas? Let me know.
Enjoy your nights
Sondra
Monday 05 Mar 2007
In and Out
What a healing time. Sadness, friendship, sand castles, in and out with the waves.
We went to Port Townsend–Mary, Sallie, Nancy and me–picked up Jesse and found Nora’s house. We remembered Diane’s laugh, her life changes, our loss. We walked to North Beach and, inspired by Mary, made a sand castle of our memories of Diane. Then the tide came and took it back to the ocean.
Healing into rest.
Enjoy your nights,
Sondra