First, you want to avoid neuro-toxins. They are things like MSG (mono-sodium-glutamate) and artificial sweeteners, especially aspartame. Stevia or the brand Truvia are ok. They are natural and have no know side effects. Alcohol needs to be kept to a minimum at least, if not totally abstained. The alcohol-sweeteners used in gum are not a big risk.

Omega 3 fatty acids and other standard healthy nutrition items are good. My biggest need personally is B vitamins. The brain uses B vitamins to stay strong and handle stress. B-12 and B-6 are the most important. I take a B-100 complex plus 400 mcg (micrograms) of B-12, 200 or more mg (milligrams) of B-6.

I suggest most start by taking less, maybe a B-50 complex plus some additional B-6 and B-12. Some people have a B-12 deficiency that shows up on a blood test. B-12 can be hard to absorb for some. For them, a B-12 shot weekly can be helpful. You can overdo B-12 so you might want to get a doctor's help with blood tests first and than after starting a B-12 supplement.

I also take niacin and a full spectrum of normal vitamins and minerals. Most multiple vitamins have just the minimum. There are brain supplements on the market but I would be cautious. They tend to have some untested dosages.

Ginko Biloba is a good substance for the brain.

A food allergy fast is worth the effort. There are books and on-line articles about non-allergenic diets. You start with a low allergen diet for a few weeks to clean your system and get a baseline of moods, etc. Then you start adding back your normal foods slowly and charting any changes in mood and other functions, etc. Some people find certain foods to make them groggy or irritable or inattentive, etc. The chart is not intense, but rather just a way to note how your day was, like a daily journal. Sometimes, other around you can pick-up on differences in your behavior. My wife can easily tell when I am off my game.

I got started on this process about 25 years ago when I was in a serious depression. With good direction from a ortho-molecular psychiatrist and corrections due to some blood test results made a big change. I was a different person in just eight weeks.

One of my big problems besides getting away from some foods that i was just mildly allergic to, was I have a tendency toward low blood sugar. I am a reactive hypoglycemic. That means that when I consume a sugar rich food, my blood sugar spikes then over reacts and gets very low. This can swing up and down for hours. My solution is small meals five or six times a day.

I need a complex carbohydrate snack before going to bed to hold me through the night.

One big problems many people have is caused by not eating a good breakfast. It sets up your metabolism and blood sugar for the day. Without it, people tend to over eat later in the day. This causes weight gain and mood swings.

My wife is a bit different, she needs a protein snack to carry her.

There is no one method to follow. We all are different. But these are some good starting guidelines. As I said earlier, getting a good understanding of your hormone levels is important too.

Good luck with your own personal research and journaling.

Here is an interesting article about neurotoxins and excitotoxins. Note the link between Alzheimer's Disease and flu shots.

http://www.poisoninthepantry.com/art...lzheimers.html

Check Wikipedia and other sites for Excitotoxicity, excitotoxin and neurotoxicity, neurotoxin.

Anybody with PCS or other brain injury should do this research.

Vaccines can also be bad for brains. A substance included in the vaccines causes an intentional inflammatory response that is non-specific because the dead disease cells are not able to cause the inflammatory response. The theory is that when the body tries to find the cause of the inflammatory response, it only finds the dead cells of the vaccine target. In some people, the body just works to build antibodies to these dead cells as is expected. In other people, the body keeps looking for the invading cells or other cells that appear to be similar to the invading dead cells. They attack healthy tissue and build antibodies against that healthy tissue. Now, that tissue is continually attacked, as in rheumatism and chronic MS. In others, the body turns the attack on and off as in relapsing, remitting MS and other immune diseases.

The brain is not very tolerant of non-specific inflammatory responses. Some believe autism may be connected to this process.