Brain Food

I wonder if brain food will help me get through this...

1. Fish: Herring, salmon, tuna, mackerel, halibut, anchovies, sardines & other cold-water fish

2. Soy: soy milk, tofu

3. Colorful and citrus fruits: avacado, cantaloupes, watermelon, tomatoes, plums, pineapples, oranges, apples, grapes, kiwi, peaches, cherries

4. Berries: Blueberries, Elderberries, blackberries and raspberries

5. Cruciferous and leafy green vegetables: broccoli, cabbages, kale, turnips, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, collard greens, cauliflowers, radishes, spinach, onions, red peppers, lettuce, carrots, asparagus, okra, mushrooms, broccoli and sprouts

6. Chocolate: Dark chocolate

7. Nuts

8. Whole grains: whole wheat, wheat germ and bran (folate), oatmeal, brown rice, whole-grain breads and cereals, barley and popcorn

9. Peas, lentils, green beans, lima beans, black beans, kidney beans, and a variety of legumes

10. Sage: oils and tablets

11. Spices: curry, tumeric, curcumin

12. Tea: Green and black

13. Eggs

14. Calcium-rich foods: Yogurt, cheese, milk

15. Iron-rich foods: Lean red meats

16. Complex Carbohydrate-rich foods: grains, nuts, sweet potatoes

17. Supplemental: Gingko biloba

18. Water, water, water

Here we go again. I  hope 2013 brings more sanity to this process of learning. That is of course if I survive the Mayan Mayhem and 12-21-12, 12:21:12 am and pm.

And, prayers for our country and the parents of the children killed in Connecticut. So sad.