EPISODE 29 - BRAIN NURTURANCE AND IQ

IQ is a ratio based on scope of psychometric tests which measures mental capacity over energy exerted in learning.

Intelligence Quotient may be hereditary but greatly influenced by:

1.     Exposure to toxic substances right from womb—lead, alcohol, aspirin, antibiotics

2.     Long term malnutrition

3.     Measure of environmental stimulation exposure to colors, shapes, constant chatting even at pre-speaking stage, legos, toys, games at infancy and toddler stages.

4.     Good nutrition which should include lots of fruits and vegetables, fish, omega 3 rich plants like flaxseed and olive oil

5.     Stress reduced lifestyles like minimal family violence, a sense of security and safety, practical display of love and warmth.

6.     Maximizing brain exercises like culture of reading and writing, solving math and aptitude test mostly with the brain rather than with calculators and computers, trying to do many common things differently like occasionally using left hand if right handed, playing scrabble and maze/puzzle games etc.

7.     Appropriate neck and shoulder exercises to push more blood into brain

8.imbibing emotional literacy skills such knowing self and building on ones strengths, developing abilities to motivate oneself, and persist in the face of frustration; to control impulse and delay gratification; to regulate one’s moods and keep distress from swamping the ability to think, to empathize and to hope. This best done at the plateau stage of brain development before puberty when the imbibed characters are sorted and retained while the unuseful brain nerves are pruned out.