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I am currently in a situation where if I take 18 credits in the fall and Spring, I can finish my undergrad this May! Woot! Only problem is that I have terrible ADD.....Okay, I doubt I have terrible ADD, as I can focus just fine on subjects I am interested in. College professors have a knack at boring me, so I tend to day dream while in class and doing assignments.
Is there a diet I can practice that has been proven to help concentration? My aunt told me she practices the south beach diet and it helps her focus immensely.
More specifically, she said to avoid wheat at all costs. I guess some studies have been published that link wheat to ADD and autism.
I always found yogurt and oatmeal breakfast foods to be very satisfying w/o a gazillion calories. Eat a good breakfast, and snack wisely throughout the day. Fruits and vegetables are safe snacks, which you can eat w/o having to stress about calories.Why not just try and eat smaller portions of foods? Also, try and eat lighter foods. As you get used to eating lighter foods, your body will feel lighter. Drink a lot of water as well. One more thing. STAY AWAY FROM ALCHOHOL. That is a diet destroyer.
I am currently in a situation where if I take 18 credits in the fall and Spring, I can finish my undergrad this May! Woot! Only problem is that I have terrible ADD.....Okay, I doubt I have terrible ADD, as I can focus just fine on subjects I am interested in. College professors have a knack at boring me, so I tend to day dream while in class and doing assignments.
Is there a diet I can practice that has been proven to help concentration? My aunt told me she practices the south beach diet and it helps her focus immensely.
More specifically, she said to avoid wheat at all costs. I guess some studies have been published that link wheat to ADD and autism.
I have always heard to eat your veggies and have some fruit because it FEEDS THE BRAIN and IT'S ALSO VERY GOOD FOR YOU, also some Yogurt or nice hot oatmeal in the a.m. helps you at least stay focus until you can have something more solid later on.
No junk foods, less refined sugar, less fat [but butter should be part of yout diet - I mean REAL butter, not spreads - and olive oil in salad], cereal, milk and other dairy, fruit, veggies... and don't forget to have at least one serving of protein every day, especially fish.
Snack on dried or fresh fruit, not on chocolate bars or whatever. Drink water and fruit juices (sugar free is better)
And if you can avoid alcohol and medicines (unless you have a prescription from a doctor), that's all the better because they kill concentration!
I am currently in a situation where if I take 18 credits in the fall and Spring, I can finish my undergrad this May! Woot! Only problem is that I have terrible ADD.....Okay, I doubt I have terrible ADD, as I can focus just fine on subjects I am interested in. College professors have a knack at boring me, so I tend to day dream while in class and doing assignments.
Is there a diet I can practice that has been proven to help concentration? My aunt told me she practices the south beach diet and it helps her focus immensely.
More specifically, she said to avoid wheat at all costs. I guess some studies have been published that link wheat to ADD and autism.
I'm not "officially" ADD but I have had three doctors suggest that I may be. I find B vitamins help. I also find simply having more on my plate makes me focus. When you know you only have x amount of time to do something, you have to do it.
Don't go low carb (or high carb), so south beach just might work. It avoids both extremes. I've never tried it but I know that low carb throws you into lipoketosis and your brain doesn't function well and high carb results in excess energy followed by a crash.
I'd suggest you run any diet by your doctor before you start it though.
I am currently in a situation where if I take 18 credits in the fall and Spring, I can finish my undergrad this May! Woot! Only problem is that I have terrible ADD.....Okay, I doubt I have terrible ADD, as I can focus just fine on subjects I am interested in. College professors have a knack at boring me, so I tend to day dream while in class and doing assignments.
Is there a diet I can practice that has been proven to help concentration? My aunt told me she practices the south beach diet and it helps her focus immensely.
More specifically, she said to avoid wheat at all costs. I guess some studies have been published that link wheat to ADD and autism.
A diet is a method of restricting calories to experience the effect of temporary weight loss; this has nothing to do with improving cognitive capability's or enhancing concentration; in fact, it might make things worse.
Mind you, as the other posters have said, if you clean up the foods you eat by shopping at Trader Joe's or some type of whole foods store you will see improvement in your thinking all around.
As far as improving your concentration take pharmaceutical grade fish oils and a product called DRIVE.
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