Getting Smarter
Getting Smarter
Improving Cognition
If you care about optimal mental function, find out how to use The CR Way to preserve and improve your cognitive capabilities.
The CR Way to a Better Brain maintains and improves cognition by activating healthy physiological changes.
Preventing Disease
The CR Way activates brain chemistry that may block beta-amyloid plaques that cause Alzheimer's.
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Food for a Better Brain
How we eat has immediate effects on thinking capabilities. For example, food can make sleep better or improve concentration.
Which of the following foods can affect your ability to concentrate?
- Turkey
- Sweet potatoes
- Beans
- Olive oil
Answer:
All of these foods can significantly affect the ability to concentrate: Turkey, and to a lesser extent beans, can increase concentration capabilities while sweet potatoes by themselves may make a person more relaxed. If eaten in excess, olive oil can slow thinking abilities in the short term, but may increase ability to concentrate over the long term. Most people do not realize that food choices affect mood, ability to concentrate, and quality of sleep. The CR Way shows how to use foods to help you function better. See Chapter 5, "Mind Matters" and Chapter 9, "Foods to Choose."