Food & The Brain

It’s shocking how much your diet affects your energy level and mental health. On weeks I eat healthy home-cooked meals, my energy is through the roof and my baseline level of happiness is super high. But if I eat fast food, I feel sluggish the next day and I have trouble focusing. Physical health in general is such a strong indicator of mental capacity and capability, yet I feel like this relationship is largely overlooked. If anything, the two are largely viewed as conflicting: the stereotypical smart person is not thought of as particularly fit, and vice versa. I really believe this should not be the prevailing view, and in fact physical and mental fitness have compounding effects.