Kwik Challenge – Protect Your Gray Matter

TODAY’S CHALLENGE: Eat brain food!

• It’s simple—each day, incorporate one simple brain food into your day.

EPISODES MENTIONED

• Episode 88: Eating for Your Brain with Dr. Lisa Mosconi
• Episode 66: When To Eat For Optimal Brain Function with Max Lugavere
• Episode 5: My 10 Favorite Brain Foods

BUILDING A BRAIN FOOD HABIT

• Make it convenient: in order to create a new habit you have to make it really easy.
• It’s not about trying harder, sometimes it’s about trying easier.
• Control your environment: instead of having snacks that are bad for you in your environment, replace them with simple brain foods.
• Carry snacks with you to work and school.
• When thinking about your brain food habits remember that consistency compounds: the little things add up over time.
• Remember: what you eat matters to your gray matter.

BEST BRAIN FOODS

• Avocados and broccoli are great for your brain.
• Blueberries and blackberries: neuroprotective antioxidants.
• Walnuts: omega 3s, high in Vitamin E.
• Certain foods look like the organ they’re supporting—you can use this as a memory device e.g. tomato looks like a heart when you slice it.

SHARE WITH US!

Take a photo of your favorite brain food, or take a screenshot of this episode, and post it to social media to share your progress with us!Use the hashtag #kwikchallenge and tag us on social media: @jimkwik | @kwikbrain

GO FURTHER

• Keep trying this challenge each day—it will train your ability to create new habits.
• This is essential to building a different life—first your create your habits and then your habits create you.
• If you’re able to create one new habit, what else will you be able to do? Possibilities will open up because you’ll be in the habit of creating empowering habits.
• Remember: the treasure you seek is found in the task you’re avoiding.
• Big change come from little changes: consistency compounds—it might feel like a gradual shift, but you’ll soon find yourself in a different destination (we call it a destiny).
• Don’t forget to go to kwikchallenge.com and join us!