Hacking My Brain
For the last few weeks Iāve noticed a distinct fuzziness. In the last week itās become really bad: at a symphony rehearsal last week I kept consistently mis-counting my measures and leading the section incorrectly. That simply doesnāt happen to me. The other day I accidentally hit the accelerator instead of the brake and lurched forward a few feet (fortunately into nothing) instead of slowing down.
I canāt really say Iāve been Paleo for the last few months. My trip to Japan interfered with a lot of my diet, and I tried to clean it back up when I returned in January, but the moment I needed to start driving for work again, I hit up the old fast-food joints and coffee drive-throughs. The stress of all this travel, and other personal stressors, have -- to put it colloquially -- driven me to drinking.
All in all, a bad recipe for health in general, and an even worse recipe for brain health.
So, Iām going to be re-starting this blog in an attempt to remind myself why I chose Paleo, why itās so good for me, and try to fix the dopamine imbalance Iām battling right now. Itās clear that itās not just my physical health thatās suffered (niggling cough, messy poops, bloating, lack of weight loss), but my mental health has been profoundly damaged by all these bad foods.














