Brainwave entrainment is a method to stimulate the brain into entering a specific state by using a pulsing sound, light, or electromagnetic field. The pulses elicit the brain’s ‘frequency following’ response, encouraging the brainwaves to align to the frequency of a given beat.
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Your body is not the only thing that requires proper nutrients to perform well. When you do not eat right, your brain is not going to respond correctly, very much like your body. People are more likely to choose a healthy diet for their pet or choose the best additives for their car than they will for themselves.
The brain depends on the same nutrients the rest of your body does and if you are subsisting on an unhealthy diet, your body and brain will both slow down. This is generally a slow process; in fact, many do not notice the change until they are elderly and then the blame goes to your age.
Memory fades as the brain ages and loses the ability to help itself. Oxidation and inflammation, which kill the brain cells, are more able to attack. When you want a productive and healthy life, you must tune your mind and body so they are both running at peak functionality.
To start you need to get plenty of rest, approximately seven hours per night as well as monitor your blood pressure and get a moderate amount of exercise. Of course, if you smoke stop! Implement a diet that is rich in body and mind enhancing nutrients. You can take supplements, however the best option is to get your vitamins and minerals from natural foods. The results are better and last longer.
Plants can teach us a valuable lesson; they produce antioxidants in order to protect themselves from pollution, disease and harmful toxins in the environment. Foods you ingest should include the same, things rich in antioxidants such as apples, plums, grapes, oranges. Cranberries and blueberries are particularly high in antioxidants, they are great for memory.
If you want vegetables high in antioxidants, you should choose leafy green foods such as broccoli, spinach, brussel sprouts and kale. You will also find red bell peppers, beets, garlic and onions a great choice. Others that are good but not quite as high as these are turnip greens, chard and collard greens.
The body also needs Omega 3 fatty acids, which you find in tuna, herring, salmon, sardines and mackerel. Vitamin B is another important supplement, which is found in seafood, dairy products, spinach, carrots, eggs, seeds and nuts.
There are spices, which are great at protecting your memory and keeping you healthy. They will help improve your motor skills and strengthen your brains communication and regeneration skills. Prevent memory loss with cur cumin, which is found in curry and ginger. If you need to calm the nerves and improve circulation while improving, your memory rosemary is an excellent choice, dry or fresh.
If you love coffee, recent studies will have you jumping for joy. In moderation, caffeinated coffee stimulates brainwave activity and protects you from memory loss. These results were more pronounced in women than in men however. Therefore, you see, when you maintain your mind and body with a healthy balanced diet you can excel today and protect your body for tomorrow.
Brainwave entrainment is a method to stimulate the brain into entering a specific state by using a pulsing sound, light, or electromagnetic field. The pulses elicit the brain’s ‘frequency following’ response, encouraging the brainwaves to align to the frequency of a given beat.
This ‘frequency following’ response of brainwave entrainment can be seen in action with those prone to epilepsy. If a strobe flashes at their seizure frequency, the brain will ‘entrain’ to the flashing light, resulting in a seizure.
On the positive side, this same mechanism is commonly used to induce many brainwave states; such as a trance, enhanced focus, relaxation, meditation or sleep induction. The brainwave entrainment effectively pushes the entire brain into a certain state.
Brainwave entrainment works for almost everyone. It is a great way to lead your mind into states that you might usually have difficulty reaching, allowing you to experience what those states feel like.
THE HYPE
There is a lot of marketing hype around brainwave entrainment. It is sold with promises of increasing IQ, promoting weight loss, ‘mind-tripping’, enhancing creativity, concentration, inducing spiritual states and more.
While these claims are not entirely true, they are not altogether false either. In practice, the claims are based on an overly-simplistic view of how the brain and the brainwaves function.
THE RUB
People are very seldom deficient in a certain brainwave type in all areas of their brain. Usually the distribution is much spottier, with an excess in one area and a deficiency in another.
We are all different, especially when it comes to the distribution of our brainwaves. Boosting a certain brainwave state may be beneficial for one person, and emotionally uncomfortable for another. Without knowing each person’s starting position, entrainment can be rather ‘hit and miss’.
If brainwave entrainment leaves you with unwanted side-effects (see below) or discomfort, you’re probably encouraging a range of brainwaves that are already excessive in some area of your brain. The way around this is to get a brain map to see what your brain’s strengths and weaknesses are, and see what (if any) brainwaves could use some encouragement.