Feeding your Brain for Better Individualized Learning
Part 1
by Carol Simontacchi
Food used to be grown on the land. It used to swim in the rivers and oceans or walk through the forests. It was rich in vitamins, minerals, amino acids, fats, and natural sugars, and these natural constituents of food fed our brains.
Pseudo-foods deprive the brain of the building blocks to keep it healthy; they contain materials that are toxic to the brain. Pseudo-foods can include infant formulas, canned baby foods, packaged lunch entrees for kids, canned soups, most breakfast cereals, pasteurized homogenized milk products, packaged breads and pasta, soft drinks, fruit juices, all packaged snack items, frozen and canned fruits and vegetables, boxes of entrée mixes (like Hamburger Helper, for example), dessert items (cookies, cakes, candies, ice cream, etc), and the list goes on. (I know – you are asking yourself “What’s left?!’ )
Can these foods inhibit our ability to learn? How do they affect how our children focus and achieve in schools? These pseudo-foods can create feelings of depression, ADHD, hyperactivity, or anger for no reason. Do you have a child who has difficulties in school? Maybe one thing you should look at is the school menu or perhaps, if they take lunches to school, what is packed in those lunches.