Information Diet: Secret to Improving Your Cognitive Performance

Every celebrity is an “expert” on dieting, fasting, athletics, and being skinny, and gives advice on how to keep a healthy body. They don't seem to talk about the brain. What about your mind?

I am too fat, I can’t run, get injured when I stand up too fast or sleep “wrong”, and my favourite sports include fishing, chess and sharpshooting. For those reasons, despite being proud of my quite extensive knowledge of nutrition, biochemistry, and human physical performance, I tend not to dish out advice on how to stay physically fit.

I might never make it into the world’s top 90% of athletes. However, I am really good at working and exercising my brain.

While many celebrities take care of their bodies by refusing to eat burgers with mayonnaise, so they can look well on the front cover of the Daily Mail, I have developed a set of practices to optimise the function and health of my brain, so I can avoid being featured in the aforementioned tabloid.

Benefits of High Cognitive Performance

While I might not be able to outrun a doughnut, I have worked towards developing other extremely useful and beneficial skills and abilities: cognitive perfo…