Kwik Brain: My 10 Favorite Brain Foods (Episode 5)

Welcome to Quick Brain, bite-sized brain hacks for busy people who want to learn faster and achieve more. I'm your coach, Jim Kwik. Free your mind. Let's imagine if we could access 100% of our brain's capacity. I wasn't high, wasn't wired, just clear. I knew what I needed to do and how to do it. I know kung fu. Show me. Okay, welcome back. Let's unlock your quick brain. What What are my top 10 favorite brain foods? So you know you are what you eat. You've heard it 1,000 times. What you eat affects your brain, it affects your body. So you want foods that are rich in antioxidants, good fats, vitamins, minerals that protect your brain and give you the energy, the vitality to overcome mental fog, the villains of mental fatigue, right? So what are my top 10 foods for a Kwik Brain that are nutritious and delicious? I'm gonna give you my Kwik, quote unquote, list. And here's the thing, don't write these down. I repeat, yes, you heard me correctly. Do not write these down because we are going to memorize them together. I'm going to give you a bonus tool, a memory technique to be able to memorize a grocery list. So let's go through my top 10 really fast in no particular order. I'll say number 1 is avocados. This is your fatty fruit, right? Your good fat, your monounsaturated fat that helps keep healthy blood flow. Number 2, blueberries, right? Blueberries, delicious. I call them brain berries. You protect your quick brain from oxidative stress, reduces the effects of brain aging conditions. There's been studies done with blueberries in rats that improved overall learning capacity, motor skills in aging rats, making them mentally younger. I would say number 3, I love broccoli. I love broccoli. It's a great source of vitamin K, which is known to enhance cognitive function, improve brain power. It's also a remarkable source of fiber. Number 4, Coconut oil. You always have to remember coconut oil, right? These are medium-chain fats. These ignite your body's fat-burning furnace to turn on, helps create ketones that fuel your brain. Number 5, I would say eggs. Memory-improving choline, omega-3s, vitamin E. If you eat eggs, they're good for you and for your brain. Number 6, I would say green leafy vegetables. So important, right? Green leafy vegetables. This is your spinach, your kale, your collard greens. Those are good sources of vitamin E and folate. Number 7, if it's good in your diet, I would say salmon. And I'm talking about the wild deep-water fish rich in omega-3 essential fatty acids, DHA. Sardines are good too. Number 8 is turmeric. Turmeric reduces inflammation, also helps boost antioxidant levels and keeps your immune system healthy while also improving your brain's oxygen intake. So keeping you alert and able to process information. I start most of my days with, with turmeric I take some turmeric, pepper, which helps it absorb better. I add a little bit of honey and coconut oil and some hot water, and that's how I like to start my day. Number 9 is walnuts. These are high levels of antioxidants. Vitamin E protects your neurons. They ward off brain aging conditions. High levels of zinc and magnesium, which is really good for your mood, and being in a good mood is definitely good for your brain performance. And I saved the best for last. Number 10 is dark chocolate. I love dark chocolate. I love dark chocolate. I love dark chocolate. This is the most delicious brain booster. Helps with your focus, your concentration. It stimulates endorphins, which improves your mood again. And generally when it comes to chocolate, I'm thinking the darker, the purer, the better for your brain. I do want to add in number 11 because it's very, it's very important. It's kind of a given, but I would say water. Just remember to hydrate. Your brain, your body is about 75% water. And there have been all kinds of studies determining that well-hydrated people score better on brain power tests compared to people who do not drink enough. Just a bonus tip on this is, how do you get this into your diet, right? You know it's nutritious for you. For me, I always want something that's elegant. So I want it to be easy and easy, because if it's not easy, we're not going to do it. So a lot of these ingredients I actually put into my brain smoothie. Think about it, brain smoothie, right into a blender. I take the water, I take the green leafy vegetables, I take the blueberries, I take the avocado, I'll take some coconut oil, I'll put it into a blender, and then that will be my brain smoothie for the day. Now, how do we— do you remember the list? How do we memorize the list? If you don't want to write it down and somebody's calling you saying, we're going to this Kwik Brain party, can you stop by the health food store and pick up these 10 things? You know, and it's going to be amazing. And you're like, oh, if I don't write it down and I don't write it in duplicates, I'm not going to remember it. And then you write down the list and then you forget the list, right? Or you go to the store to buy like one thing and you come back and you You buy everything but that one thing. So here's a technique I'm gonna show you, and I call it the body list. The body list. I'm gonna go through right now with you, and I need this to be interactive. We're gonna take 10 places and name them on your body. Okay, we're gonna do it together. So touch that part of your body and say it along with me. Number 1 is top. It's the top of your head. So number 1 is what? Say it out loud. Top. Number 2 is nose. Touch your nose. What is it? Nose. Good. Number 3, this is amazing. 3 is your mouth. Touch your mouth. 3 is mouth. Number 4 is your ears. So touch your earlobes. 4 is your ears. Massage your earlobes. Good. Number 5 is your larynx. Your larynx. That's your throat, right? Your larynx. Number 6 is your shoulders. Touch your shoulders. Good. Number 7 is your collar. Number 7 is your collarbone. Good. Number 8 is your fingers. Just wiggle your fingers. 8 is your fingers. 9 is your belly. Touch your belly. And finally, 10 is your seat. Your rear end. Your seat. Okay? Good, now let's try it again. Number 1 is your what? Top. Good. Number 2 is your? Nose. Number 3 is your? Mouth. Number 4 is your? Ears. Number 5 is your? Larynx, which is like your throat. Number 6 is your shoulders. Touch your shoulders. Number 7 is your collar. Good, touch your collarbone. Number 8 is your fingers. Wiggle your fingers. Number 9 is your belly. And finally, 10 is your seat. Now what we're going to do is we're going to pretend we're 8 years old. We're going to use our imagination As Einstein says, imagination is more powerful than knowledge. So I want you to go to the top of your head, and I want you to put on the top of your head avocados. So I want you to imagine avocados balancing on your top of your head, or guacamole on the top of your head. Go to your second place. Your second place is what? Your nose. I want you to imagine coming out of your nose is blueberries. Blueberries coming out of your nose. What does it smell like? What does it feel like? Good. Number three is what? It's your mouth. Coming out of your mouth. Is broccoli. I want you to imagine steamed broccoli coming out of your mouth. Good. Number 4 is what part of your body? Ears. Is what? Ears. Out of your ears comes coconut oil. Feel it. Number 5 is your larynx, your throat. I want you to imagine eggs all over your throat. Like if you have an Adam's apple, imagine instead that it's an egg right there. Number 6 is your shoulders. I want you to look to your left and right. See your shoulders? I want you to see green leafy vegetables. Spinach, kale, collard greens all over your shoulders. Go to 7, which is what? Your collar. I want you to imagine a necklace made out of salmon, that deep water fish, salmon, right? A necklace made out of salmon. Going to 8 is your fingers. I want you to imagine you're wiggling your fingers in turmeric, right? That golden powder, it's getting all over the place, turmeric. Number 9, out of your belly button, I want you to imagine walnuts coming out of your belly button, walnuts. And finally, go to your seat, your rear end, your bottom. And I want you to imagine dark chocolate. Okay, good. Now you're at the grocery store. You're at the grocery store. I want you just to go down your body. You're gonna impress yourself. What's on the top of your head? What? Avocados. Good. Say it out loud. Go to the second place, your nose. What's coming out of your nose? Blueberries. Good. Blueberries. Go to the third place. What's the third place? Is your mouth. Coming out of your mouth is what? Broccoli. Good job. Broccoli. And go to the fourth place. What's coming out of your ears? Coconut oil. Good, coconut oil. Number 5 is what? Your larynx, your throat. What's around your throat? Eggs. Eggs, good. 6 is what? Go to your shoulders. Green leafy vegetables. Good, green leafy vegetables. Go to 7. What's on your collar? Salmon. A necklace made out of salmon, good. Number 8, go to your fingers. What's on your fingers? Turmeric. You can't get it off. Good. Number 9, your belly. What's coming out of your belly button? Walnuts. Walnuts are coming out of your belly button. And finally, number 10 is what? Your seat. What's there? Dark chocolate. We saved the best for last, right? Now, how do we do? Pretty good? Congratulations! Now what I would love for you to do is practice this technique. You could put other things on your body. You could see forwards. And actually, I want to ask you this. Can you do it backwards also? Starting from 10 to 9, back up your body. So I hope you share this, these results with me. So share your results. 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