Re: [Everything doTERRA] Brain care

I just watched a great thing on TV - I think it was called - the ultimate mind
google it - it is awsome down to earth info that goes right along with our oils -

Kathy
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From: Loryjean Pratt <loryoils@gmail.com>
To: everythingdoterra <everythingdoterra@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Mon, Dec 14, 2009 4:32 pm
Subject: [Everything doTERRA] Brain care

some good stuff here:
 
 Take Care of Your Brain
 Posted by Abigail Lewis on December 13, 2009 - 11:57pm.
 "This is your brain." (Visual of an egg). "This is your brain on
 drugs." (Visual of an egg frying.) Do you remember that ad? How many
 times did you imitate it? I just went on YouTube to try to find it and
 there are tons of spinoffs. The original ad must have been brilliant,
 because it made an indelible impression on our culture. Eat your
 hearts out, Mad Men.
 
 Our brains are complex instruments and drugs are only one of the many
 things that put it at risk. The brain is really very sensitive, and if
 we want our brains to serve us well throughout the long lives we're
 told we can expect, it would be, er, smart to pay attention to this
 crucial part of our anatomy.
 
 I picked up a book titled A Better Brain at Any Age (Conari Press,
 2009) to try to find out more about my personal command central, and
 it has the clearest explanation of brain function I've ever stumbled
 across. I remember learning from geeky Ms. Urich in 10th grade that
 there were essentially three sections: cerebrum, cerebellum and
 medulla. Is that right? There was also a corpus callosum somewhere in
 there. Scientists seem to have a better understanding now than when I
 was in high school.
 
 As author Sondra Kornblatt explains, we now recognize the four
 sections as cerebellum, lobes, limbic and cingulate gyrus (huh?). The
 latter is the midbrain and directs our responses to others, so
 definitely pretty crucial. But the truth is, all the sections are
 crucial. And despite what you may have been taught, depending on how
 long ago you were in school, the sections don't function
 independently. Our brains are holistic! They are all involved to some
 extent in all the functions.
 
 Last night as I curled up under my big down comforter (nobody believes
 it's cold enough in L.A. for a down comforter, but trust me, it is), I
 tried a few of Kornblatt's suggestions for brain stimulation to help
 me fall asleep despite a late afternoon cup of green tea, and get
 through today on what threatened to be an insufficient amount of
 sleep. I pulled my ears all the way around. I scratched above the top
 of my spine. I rolled my eyes in circles. I put my thumbs on my
 temples and pulled my fingers against my scalp all the way around. And
 then I did a light massage all over my head. I'd been to the gym so I
 knew my blood was circulating pretty well, and EFAs are a supplement
 staple. I did mentally demanding work yesterday, so I knew I was
 covered on that front. I was now thoroughly worn out and slept like a
 log. Taking care of this brain properly is a lot of work!
 
 According to the Franklin Institute, every 15 seconds someone in the
 U.S. suffers a traumatic brain injury, occurring more frequently than
 breast cancer or AIDS. Every year 50,000 people die and 80,000 are
 disabled because of traumatic brain injury. So if you want to take
 care of your brain, all those things mentioned above are only
 secondary, because you have to have an intact brain in order to care
 for it.
 
 With that in mind, remember to:
 Wear a helmet when you ride a bicycle or motorcycle.
 Drive a car with side-curtain airbags.
 If you play soccer, don't go for headers, no matter what your coach says.
 Take antioxidant supplements and avoid paint, mercury (tuna!),
 melamine (fish from China) and harmful chemicals.
 If you play a sport, wear a helmet.
 If you ski or snowboard, stay away from trees!
 
 Remember, it won't be any fun to live to 100 if your brain is a fried egg.
 
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