Yes, Food Can Improve Your Creativity!
You’ve been feeling stuck at work, and even your brainstorming sessions are coming up blank. Things are starting to look bleak, and all those lists of creative techniques seem daunting. What do you do?
The answer might be as simple as changing something in your diet.
It’s a well-known fact that eating the right foods can do everything from shifting your metabolism, to reducing inflammation. But were you aware that by eating certain foods, you can alter your brains chemistry? That’s why eating chocolate can alter your mood for the better. It’s the reason that fish is called ‘brain food.’
Try these foods to improve your creativity:
1. Water! The dehydrated man can’t think at all. There’s such a significant change in brain function before and after a simple glass of water that it’s no wonder that drinking more water is crucial to creativity. Bored with plain water? Try a sparkling variety.
2. Salmon. Fish is brain food, with the omega-3’s building new brain cells and stimulating the growth of all the parts of the brain that have to do with learning. You need that growth for those think-outside-the-box solutions to problems.
3. Popcorn. With benefits to short-term memory and concentration, popcorn offers a lot of mental agility to tackle creative tasks. That’s a lot from a simple snack! It also has the staying power to keep you alert longer.
4. Egg Yolks. Like fish, eggs are a source of omega 3, and the yolk is the best part. The yolk also has a chemical called choline, which makes your brain work faster and helps to process information.
5. Pumpkin Seeds. Pumpkin seeds contain zinc. And zinc not only helps with critical thinking but also helps reduce anxiety and depression, which are creativity killers.
6. Green Tea. It’s one of those super foods that stimulate connectivity in the brain, with a jolt of caffeine to keep you sharp while working on those difficult problems. With so many benefits to drinking green tea, it really ought to be in any diet.
7. That thing you always meant to try but never have. By trying something new, you stimulate your brain in new ways, creating neural pathways that weren’t there before. So if you want to be creative, now might be the time to experiment a little by ordering something new off the menu.
By eating correctly, you can alter your mood, your body shape, and even your thinking processes. That’s why it’s so important to pay attention to what you put into your mouth. You are what you eat!