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To keep your brain sharp for years to come, try cutting your sugar in half. Low calorie sweeteners aren’t always safe, but xylitol and stevia are all-natural and even healthy. In fact, women with higher blood sugar levels due to diabetes or pre-diabetes had lower cognitive scores. Switching to these safe sweeteners can help easily lower your risk of diabetes, and keep your brain in top shape. After all, your business needs you!

Caffeination: There’s no doubt about it, caffeine helps us think more clearly and get more done. It also leaves us dehydrated due to its diuretic effect, and then can let us down with a crash later.  What if there were a beverage that had enough caffeine to do the job, has been used for centuries, and also contained other compounds besides caffeine that specifically help with concentration? Yerba Mate is a traditional South American beverage. It’s available in the US in grocery isles, in a variety of flavors including chocolate.

Did you know that many times hunger is actually your body’s cry for water? Dehydration is also one of the major causes of fatigue. If you know someone who gets tired and irritable, especially later in the day, try reaching out with a glass of water. Many doctors recommend drinking half your body weight in ounces of pure water each day. For example, a 140 lb woman would drink 70 ounces, or just over 8 cups. You can try increasing your water intake by drinking 2 glasses of pure water upon waking. Not a big fan of plain water? Add a splash of pure fruit juice or a squeeze of lemon. Don’t worry if you can’t get there right away; the more water you drink, the easier it will be to drink more.

Sometimes it may seem like your fingers typing or texting are the most important part of your business, but behind the fast fingers is the brain, controlling it all.

Keeping your brain in top shape helps you perform well in your business, now and for years to come. Just like every cell in the body, the brain requires a fresh supply of oxygen. Yet, many of us go through our day with our chest constricted, holding our breath. When you’re tired, frustrated, or stuck on a task, take a few deep belly breaths to resupply your brain. In fact, consider starting your day in the black with a few minutes of deep breathing every day. This has shown to provide increased energy as well and is beneficial to brain, skin, and every other cell in the body

Think of the Native Americans—most of them did not farm, and the only milk they drank was mother’s milk as they didn’t have goats or cows around. It would be awfully difficult to go up to a grazing mother buffalo and try to get a drink. I imagine that one would get a swift kick instead of a creamy beverage. The problem with introduction of milk into our diets is that although our ability to herd and keep goats and cows has evolved, our genes have not. In fact 90% of the world’s adult population is lactose intolerant, and children’s ability to process lactose is significantly decreased after age 7. Although milk does have some health properties, its proteins are too big for our stomachs to process, and children and babies have the most difficulty due to their delicate digestive tracts. Calves have 4 stomachs and a completely different digestive tract, making cow’s milk, obviously, the best choice for them, not us.