First Post

Wow, this is the first time i've ever blogged. I guess I am about 10years late, but I felt it was about time that I jumped on the bandwagon. My objective in creating this blog is accumulate all the information I have researched about nutrition, specifically how food can complement our mental capabilites and physical well-being. I'm sure the few of you that will actually read this blog will think i am acting absolutely preposterous in posting all my 'boring' information. You guys can go to hell. I'm dedicating this blog to all those people to strongly believe that mental and physical strength are synonymous and how nutrition can play such an immense impact on our lives.

Heres 2 useful facts I researched about today.

1) How to combat that 3 o' clock slump

After working in the corporate world for a little over a year, I realised( yes we aussies spell that word with an s) that almost everyone's productivity slumped after lunch. At school, I noticed that a lot of my fellow students found it much harder to concentrate after 2pm. The remedy? GINKO BILOBA. The brain needs a strong and steady fuel source in order for you to maintain a uniform concentration patter. An optimal fuel source is oxygen rich blood. Ginko aids in opening up the vessels that deliver blood to your brain and breaks up sticky platelets to help the blood flow more smoothly. Studies at Perdue have corroborated this. Consuming 184mg of the substance daily for 3 weeks increases one's productivity by 20%. You can pick up a bottle of this stuff (100 tablets) at GNC for about 12 bones. If you want to save money, another viable option would just be to exercise right before any mental activity. The exercise would also, obviously precipitate the flow of blood in your body.

2) How to combat that abdominal flab
There are many answers to this question that I will hopefuly cover as long as this blog exists. However, I'm going to cover a drink that most non-asians don't consume regularly- GREEN TEA. Green Tea contains a powerful antidioxiant called EGCG (Epigallocatechin gallate). I know most people are aware of the fact that tea contains antidioxidants. This herb does a lot more that restricting the free radicals in our body, it stimulates the resting metabolism and also thermogenesis. Thermogenesis is in other words, your body burning fat. So drink lots of green tea, bitches.