Thanks for the feedback, Mark and Bud. I appreciate it, and I'll take your advice.

Mark, I read the transcript. She said incorporating blueberries, dark chocolate, and omega-3 rich foods to the diet, intermittent fasting, slight (20-30%) caloric restriction, learning, reducing excessive stress, and sex promote neurogenesis. Also, sleep deprivation and alcohol reduce neurogenesis.

Have you found any other foods to be beneficial to the brain? I've heard about chia seeds, coconut oil and unsweetened coconut, eating lots of veggies and good fats, and limiting processed foods, sugars, and gluten. I'm just wondering if there is anything else I can do.

Side note: I had a psychotic break last spring and was hospitalized for 6 days. When I got out, I literally craved fish and fish oil. Fish was my first meal out of the hospital. I later read that people with schizophrenia tend to have lower levels of omega-3's. I just thought this was interesting. I've definitely learned to listen to my brain well on year three of recovery. I wish I would have listened to it better before, but the past is unchangeable.