Friday, December 14, 2012

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.