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Food and Supplements for Optimal Brain Function

21 Nov

Superfoods to Upgrade Your Brain

  • By Zach Nasr
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What’s in a Superfood?

Nowadays, everyone wants to call almost every food a superfood. So what is a superfood? We define a super food as having a very high nutrient to calorie ratio so basically there would be a lot of nutrients per calorie.
This list has our top priority list of the superfoods that you should be eating if your goal is to optimize your brain function. In this article, we are going to talk about what supplements or foods you need, why you need them, and where you can get the best kind.

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Salmon (And Other Fatty Fish)

Clean salmon that is wild-caught is the ultimate brain superfood. The irony is that if your salmon is contaminated with mercury, then it becomes the opposite of a superfood especially for your brain.
The Omega-3’s are a great example of the amazing nutrients for brain power in salmon. Read our Full Articles on DHA and Omega-3’s here.

What Else Makes Salmon and Fatty Fish Superfoods?

However, salmon is also powered up with CoQ10, vitamin D3, B12, and E, selenium, and astaxanthin which gives salmon its red color. With the exception of astaxanthin, most of these nutrients can be found in other fatty fish.
Salmon is an antioxidant powerhouse that will give you energy at a cellular level. Salmon is also loaded down with a complete protein that is lean, flavorful, and full of nutrition.
Eggs are a close second to salmon because they contain many of the same nutrients, but many people have egg allergies or underlying viral issues that make eggs an inflammatory trigger for some.

DMAE: Dimethylaminoethanol

Salmon, and many other types of fish also contain DMAE which is a brain super nutrient that can also be taken as a supplement. DMAE increases acetylcholine in the brain which helps to improve focus, memory, and learning.
DMAE also helps by increasing the quantity of nutrients that reach the brain. It also allows toxins like lipofuscin to leave the brain, and body more easily. Lipofuscin build up in the head is the number one cause age related vision impairment, and one of the top causes of age-related cognitive decline outside of dementia and Alzheimer’s.
Read our Full Article on Fish here.

All Berries

All berries are low in sugar and fructose, but they are very high in nutrition and antioxidants.
Most of them have vitamin C, but some of them even have vitamin A, flavonoids of various kinds, and they are very high in antioxidants like anthocyanins.

Berries and Hormone Health

Berries also all have a type of soluble fiber called calcium-D-glucarate in them. This fiber turns into glucaric salts and glucaric acids that filter through the liver cleansing it for up to 5 hours.
This type of fiber can also help to remove toxic xenoestrogens out of the intestinal tract. Toxins from plastics, pesticides, and personal care products can be cleared out with this fiber.
Many berries like goji berries, goldenberries, mulberries, and even blueberries are available online in dried forms without sugar added.

All Seaweed

Seaweed has practically no calories yet it is packed with a ton of flavor, fiber, vitamin A, vitamin C, and more. The heavy hitter that makes it a must is iodine.
Iodine along with Omega-3’s are two of the biggest deficiencies in the US right now. Iodine is not only required to produce thyroid hormone, but it’s also important for the myelination of neurons. 
Seaweed and algaes like spirulina, chlorella, AFA, nori, wakame, kombu, kelp, and dulse also tend to be chock of B vitamins, and minerals in addition to the other nutrients listed above. Of course the most common place we see seaweed is in Japanese restaurants especially in sushi.

Read our Full Article on Seaweed here.

All Organ Meat

To most people, the idea of organs like liver or sweetbreads are not appetizing, but they are loaded down with key nutrients for brain health!
They are amazingly high in choline, B vitamin complex (especially B12), fat-soluble vitamin A, and minerals like zinc, selenium, copper, and phosphorus.
We like to offer you high-quality fresh organs and high quality encapsulated organs so you could get what works best for you.
I personally like to take the encapsulated ones below by Ancestral Supplements, but also read our Full Article on Organ Meats here.

Grass-fed Beef Organ Encapsulations by Ancestral Supplements

Avocados

Avocados are loaded down with healthy monounsaturated fats, potassium, fiber, and of course, vitamin E. The vitamin E extends to the oil too which also has a very high smoke point over 500°F.

Avocados are great for a snack or even for the bulk of a meal because it has a lot of protein, fat, and fiber, but there are even special kinds carbohydrates and omega oils in them that help to stabilize blood sugar.
Read our Full Article on Blood Sugar here.
The vitamin E also means that they balance out free radicals that can damage our bodies or even create cancer. Our bodies produce omega-9’s like oleic acid, but as we get older, our ability to convert these fats decreases. Avocado, and olives are great sources of oleic acid which also contributes to overall brain health as unhealthy brains tend to have less fatty acids.

The Crucifers

All cruciferous veggies tend to be amazing for both our hormone health and brain health. Cruciferous veggies include broccoli, Brussel sprouts, cauliflower, kale, radishes, turnips, arugula, and more.
All of these veggies are full of sulfur compounds like MSM (methylsulfonylmethane), sulforaphane, and many glutathione precursors. Glutathione is often called “the Master Antioxidant”.

Crucifers and Hormones

Cruciferous veggies help to balance hormones in a variety of ways in addition to having potent antioxidant capabilities.
It all starts with I3C (aka Indole – 3 – Carbinol), which blocks estrogen receptor sites on cells. In your body, I3C turns into DIM (aka diindolylmethane), which prevents your testosterone from flipping into estrogen.
This is important now that our environment is saturated with xenoestrogens and hormone disruptors like BPA (bisphenol-a), pthalates, and parabens from plastics, pesticides, and personal care products.
The saying “eat your greens to grow up big and strong” was not too far off after all. If you want to eat a therapeutic diet, then I recommend getting at least 2-3 servings of crucifers per day preferably a combination of raw, cooked, and fermented.

Fermented Crucifers

My favorite way to eat crucifers is fermented so Korean kimchi, and German sauerkraut is a great way to get cruciferous vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants in addition to the probiotics.
It is another tasty way that you can get very flavorful foods into your meal that are also flavorful. Ferments and probiotic pickles are definitely on the superfoods list.
I highly recommend Farmhouse Culture. They don’t give us affiliate commissions, I just really love their “gut shot” probiotic juice. I like the jalapeno flavor and kimchi flavor. Bubbies is another good brand for probiotic pickles, and raw sauerkraut.

Healthy Gut, Healthy Brain

If you want to heal your brain or any part of your body then start with your digestion and food intake. If your gut lining is permeable, then odds are your blood-brain barrier will be permeable as well.
SBO’s and Probiotics are a top supplement to get to inoculate your intestines with friendly microbes that will help you absorb nutrition, and they will help protect you from invading microbes. Scientists at the Human Microbiome Project have realized that we have ten times as many foreign cells in our body than human cells.
We are “super-organisms” that contain a vast ecosystem in, on, and around us. It is through this coating of microbes, fungi, and viruses on the inside and out that allows us to interact with our world on the cellular level.

Probiotic Supplements

It is good to supplement some probiotics at some point in your life because of the antibiotics that almost all of us have taken at some point in our lives. We have all taken bombs in our microbiome.
Eating fermented food is a great tool, but the reason I recommend a probiotic supplement is for the spore-based probiotics.

Probiotics and The Environment

These microbes digest fiber and live in our colon. We have lost these kinds of microbes in many farms, and in many soils. They work synergistically with the plants in harmony.

Natural Immune Boosters

For those of you who are not up to speed about the human microbiome, between 70%-80% of our immune system resides in our gut more specifically in our small intestine where there are many key microbes and receptor sites to keep us healthy. So probiotics are what I take when I feel a cold or something coming on. Try it! I’m telling you… It works like a cham!

Survival is The Key

If your probiotic supplement never makes it here, then it is not doing its job.

Many probiotics are forms of bacteria that do not survive the acid in our upper intestinal tract so even if they are living probiotics, your supplement may still be a waste of time and money. Soil-based organisms will survive the acid in our gut and get to the colon, but there is very little research on the benefits of these types of organisms.

With all of this in mind, I was at a loss of what to tell to help my health coaching clients to use for a probiotic supplement. What works for one person’s unique selection of organisms may be toxic for someone else so how do we know what to use?

Show Me The Data!

As many of you know, I am a sucker for double-blind placebo-controlled studies, but I still like to remain a healthy skeptic when it comes to studies paid for by the company who produces a product. In this case, I gotta say that these studies were very impressive in their metrics and effects.

The first study involved yogurt, Greek yogurt, a top probiotic supplement, and Just Thrive Spore-Based Probiotics, and what they found was astonishing. Just Thrive had a 100% survival rating as it passed through the acid in our stomachs! The other probiotics had less than a 0.1% survival rate!

That’s why this is the only probiotic I recommend: 

Read our Full Articles on the Microbiome, and Digestion here
Our favorite SBO probiotic is pictured below. These are stable at room temperature because these organisms thrive in the soil.
These are 29 synergistic organisms that can survive the acids in the upper intestinal tract, and reach the colon where they ferment dietary fiber to create short chain fatty acids like butyric acid that can stabilize blood sugar and aid the myelination process in the nervous system.

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Zach was on his way to being a doctor when a personal health crisis changed all of that. He decided that he wanted to create wellness instead of fight illness. He lost over a 100 lbs through functional nutrition and other natural healing protocols. He has since been sharing his knowledge of nutrition and functional medicine for the last 12 years as a health coach and health educator.

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Book that will change how you think about food!

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Highly Recommended!

What an incredible journey for Cavin, from a predicted vegetative state, to an author and teacher, informing us how to
feed our brains to optimize our lives. Very informative book and well organized , and written so it is understandable. Love the charts. Thank you Cavin and thanks to your Mother who didn’t give up.

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A must read if you care about your brain and…

“A must read if you care about your brain and the assaults on it from environmental factors, including the “standard American diet”, which is really the industrial agriculture diet pushed on us by the government and giant agri-business.”

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A must read for everyone’s health and wellness journey!

“Such an informative and inspiring read! Insight into how optimal nutrients improved Cavin’s own brain recovery make this knowledge-filled read compelling and relatable. The recommendations are easy to understand as well as scientifically-founded – it’s not another fad diet manual. The additional tools and resources provided throughout make it possible for anyone to integrate these enhancements into their nutritional repertoire. Looking forward to more from Cavin and Feed a Brain!!!!!!”

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Love this book

“Love this book! Still reading and can’t wait to see what else I learn…and I am not brain injured! Cavin has already helped me to take steps to address my food sensitivity…seems to be helping and I am only on day 5! He has also helped me to help a family member who has suffered a stroke. Thank you Cavin, for sharing all your knowledge and hard work with us! This book is for anyone that wants to understand and implement good nutrition with all the latest research to back it up. Highly recommend!”

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- JSB

Vital information

“The author is a remarkable and inspirational survivor of traumatic brain injury. His breakthrough recovery through nutrition and holistic health care demonstrates a radical new approach to healing the brain. This is vital information for health care providers and the public.”

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Well written, educational, and promotes positive lifestyle changes that can be made today!

“Cavin’s personal experience and humble writing to help educate, not only people who have suffered brain injuries, but anyone interested in the best nutritional advice for optimum brain function is a great introduction to proper nutrition filled with many recommendations of how you can make a changes to your diet immediately. This book provides amazing personal insight related to Cavin’s recovery accompanied with well cited peer reviewed sources throughout the entire book detailing the most recent findings around functional neurology!

I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in learning more about nutrition and how it can impact brain function! As well as anyone willing to challenge themselves TODAY with the recommendations throughout this book!”

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- Andrew Ritter

An absolute must for autoimmune sufferers!

“I bought this book because I didn’t want a weightloss diet, but I wanted the most optimal gut/brain food I could find to help with an autoimmune. I subscribe to Cavin’s podcast and another newsletter for gut health which also recommended this book. Also, he’s a personal friend of mine who’s recovery I have witnessed firsthand. Thank you so much for all of the research and your continued dedication to not only help yourself, but for also helping others!”

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- Lauren L. Chemin

Excellent book if you want to be vibrant

“Excellent book if you want to be vibrant!!!! Everything you need to know to achieve excellent health overalll….not just your brain! The author’s amazing story from tragedy to good health really inspires me.”

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So thankful for this book

“Cavin has been an amazing resource by sharing his first hand experience on living with a brain injury. A must read!”

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- Jennifer Zapp

Book is great, full of recommended micro nutrient and reason why…

“Book is great, full of recommended micro nutrient and reason why they are important to brain health. But it gets redudant over time when author tried to promote his website and his online shop frequently all over the book. But this is great book nonetheless.”

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“Cavin is a great man. A survivor… And a rock star.
I met him when I was 19, and re-met him later in life, after his accident. He still has this gorgeous understanding of the world that makes me believe in him, and always makes me listen to what he has to say.
When my mom had a stroke last year he was the first person I called. He had so much knowledge about what she was going though and totally understood what I was experiencing as well.
He was the first person I thought of, and hopefully the last I’ll need to.

You’re the best, Mr. B.”

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Fistfuls of exciting brain foods to launch you plus feeding tube powerful nutrition implementation…

“In the hospital and ICU struggles, this book and Cavin’s experience are golden, and if we’d have had this book’s special attention to feeding tube nutrition, my son would be alive today sitting right here along with me saying it was the cod liver oil, the fish oil, and other nutrients able to be fed to him instead of the junk in the pharmacy tubes, that got him past the liver-test results, past the internal bleeding, past the brain difficulties controlling so many response-obstacles back then. Back then, the ‘experts’ in rural hospitals were unwilling to listen, ignored my son’s unexpected turnaround when we used codliver oil transdermally on his sore skin, threatened instead to throw me out, but Cavin has his own proof and his accumulated experience in others’ journeys. Cavin’s boxed areas of notes throughout the book on applying the brain nutrient concepts in feeding tubes are powerful stuff, details to grab onto and run with… hammer them!

And in general his expertise in implementation is unparalleled. His dynamite measuring empowerment of the human in a wonderland of changing everything with ‘fistful’ simplifying potency is the difference between progress and stumbling on techy adjustments in habits.. With this book you are ready to go.”

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“I enjoyed this book. It was full of practical information. It was easy to understand. I implemented some of the ideas in the book and they have made a positive impact for me. Not only is this book a wealth of knowledge it helps you think outside the box and piece together other ideas to research and helps you understand more about TBI and the way food might help you mitigate symptoms.”

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What a ride it has been in Miami!!!

My past life seemed to converge with folks I knew since middle school…
to my band in NYC…
to New York bartender days…
to when I was renting sound equipment to events throughout the New York boroughs…

To make a long story short... people change in enormous ways and I had to rescue my dog.

I felt like I was in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City crossed with Ace Ventura Pet Detective! 😂.

This reel does not do it justice, but I bought a cart in Florida to get my dog: Spartacus.
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Sparta is the music. They were one of my favorites in the early 2000s... and Spartacus is back with me because we did what needed to be done to take back control. 💪🙏🤘

What a ride it has been in Miami!!!

My past life seemed to converge with folks I knew since middle school…
to my band in NYC…
to New York bartender days…
to when I was renting sound equipment to events throughout the New York boroughs…

To make a long story short... people change in enormous ways and I had to rescue my dog.

I felt like I was in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City crossed with Ace Ventura Pet Detective! 😂.

This reel does not do it justice, but I bought a cart in Florida to get my dog: Spartacus.
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Sparta is the music. They were one of my favorites in the early 2000s... and Spartacus is back with me because we did what needed to be done to take back control. 💪🙏🤘
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Dios mío!
Eastern Oregon is so beautiful! I  was working on a ranch doing mostly lumberjack work with chainsaws, axes, a planer, and a lumber mill. 🪵 🪓

It feels awesome to be able to do manual labor after not being able to eat, walk, or talk for months and regaining my abilities over several years. 💪

And… It feels great to be traveling and able bodied and loving life! This ranch is beautiful!

And now... I'm ready for warmer weather! 

#nofilter #oregon #florida #beautiful #tbi #snowbird #adventuresintbi

Dios mío!
Eastern Oregon is so beautiful! I was working on a ranch doing mostly lumberjack work with chainsaws, axes, a planer, and a lumber mill. 🪵 🪓

It feels awesome to be able to do manual labor after not being able to eat, walk, or talk for months and regaining my abilities over several years. 💪

And… It feels great to be traveling and able bodied and loving life! This ranch is beautiful!

And now... I'm ready for warmer weather!

#nofilter #oregon #florida #beautiful #tbi #snowbird #adventuresintbi
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Do you like snakes? 🐍 
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I’m beginning to like reptiles more and more. 🦎 
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While they lack a cortex, they have a limbic brain (reptilian brain) which responds to threat. 😫
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And they can sense if we are a threat or not.
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This guy didn’t find me to be a threat. 🙏
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My dog, on the other hand, got hissed and rattled at.🐍
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He was bluffing though. Gofer snakes are not dangerous.

#🐍 #snakes #dogmeetssnake #gofersnake

Do you like snakes? 🐍
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I’m beginning to like reptiles more and more. 🦎
.
While they lack a cortex, they have a limbic brain (reptilian brain) which responds to threat. 😫
.
And they can sense if we are a threat or not.
.
This guy didn’t find me to be a threat. 🙏
.
My dog, on the other hand, got hissed and rattled at.🐍
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He was bluffing though. Gofer snakes are not dangerous.

#🐍 #snakes #dogmeetssnake #gofersnake
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Inspiration is like a spark ⚡️ that Ignights a flame. 🔥 
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And that spark ⚡️ comes from everything that our senses are exposed to… from our sensory diet.
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From the colors we see…
The sounds we hear…
The the foods that we eat…
The scent in air we breathe…
And the life that surrounds us.
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Inspirations sparks the flame. ⚡️🔥
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Appreciation makes that spark bigger. 🙏 
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And the company we keep can fan those flames or extinguish our flame.
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Stay Empowered.
Stay Strong.
Stay Steadfast.
Stay Inspired.
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🙏 @amanda_love_wellness 
#inspiration #nature #dogs #servicedog #findinspiration

Inspiration is like a spark ⚡️ that Ignights a flame. 🔥
.
And that spark ⚡️ comes from everything that our senses are exposed to… from our sensory diet.
.
From the colors we see…
The sounds we hear…
The the foods that we eat…
The scent in air we breathe…
And the life that surrounds us.
.
Inspirations sparks the flame. ⚡️🔥
.
Appreciation makes that spark bigger. 🙏
.
And the company we keep can fan those flames or extinguish our flame.
.
Stay Empowered.
Stay Strong.
Stay Steadfast.
Stay Inspired.
.
🙏 @amanda_love_wellness
#inspiration #nature #dogs #servicedog #findinspiration
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Learning how to shoot arrows with Lars King while ensuring the safety of my dog. 😁

Learning how to shoot arrows with Lars King while ensuring the safety of my dog. 😁 ...

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Happy first half birthday, Sparky!!!! 

Sparky is 6 months old! 

What an amazing dog! 

He is named after my great great uncle who is one of my angels.

I am so glad we get to share this awesome life together!

#awesomedog

Happy first half birthday, Sparky!!!!

Sparky is 6 months old!

What an amazing dog!

He is named after my great great uncle who is one of my angels.

I am so glad we get to share this awesome life together!

#awesomedog
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So... I got a puppy!

Do you like puppies? Me too! Especially this guy.

He’s not gonna stay a puppy, but right now, he’s only 2 months old and I already have him pretty well trained to be with me in public and in my travels.

He’s so awesome!

While I’ve been training dogs for quite some time, I have never trained a dog from a puppy and I am beyond excited to do so!

His mom is the dog of some amazing friends, so I have known this puppy since before he was even born!

So what’s his name?

If you know much about me, you may have noticed an 80 year old motorcycle jacket from the 1940’s that I wear constantly. You may even know that this jacket was originally the prized possession of my great great uncle Sparky.

You may also know that I was wearing this jacket when I experienced a severe TBI that left me in a coma for 12 days and was given less than a 10% chance of ever waking.

Miraculously I woke from that coma and recovered beyond all expectations!

You may also remember that when my apartment was robbed in 2018 many things were stolen, including turntables, speakers, records, and even my car. This jacket was also stolen!

Miraculously, not only did I end up recovering the turntables, records, speakers, and even my car, but I also got my jacket back!

I like to think that my jacket played a role in the recovery of everything that I had lost… my abilities, and anything that is wrongfully taken from me.

This jacket is magic, and while I never met my great great uncle Sparky, he is clearly looking out for me. He is one of my Angels.

The night I found out this puppy was going to be mine, I laid down for bed and received a very clear vision of my uncle Sparky wearing the jacket and walking a dog.

The next day, when I went to visit this puppy I asked “are you Sparky?” and he jumped on my lap and started kissing my face! So…

Meet Sparky!

Sparky is now officially joining the my Adventures in Brain Injury so stay tuned! For now, here is where you can follow his adventures on my Instagram: @cavinb 

#puppy #servicedog #labrodoodle

So... I got a puppy!

Do you like puppies? Me too! Especially this guy.

He’s not gonna stay a puppy, but right now, he’s only 2 months old and I already have him pretty well trained to be with me in public and in my travels.

He’s so awesome!

While I’ve been training dogs for quite some time, I have never trained a dog from a puppy and I am beyond excited to do so!

His mom is the dog of some amazing friends, so I have known this puppy since before he was even born!

So what’s his name?

If you know much about me, you may have noticed an 80 year old motorcycle jacket from the 1940’s that I wear constantly. You may even know that this jacket was originally the prized possession of my great great uncle Sparky.

You may also know that I was wearing this jacket when I experienced a severe TBI that left me in a coma for 12 days and was given less than a 10% chance of ever waking.

Miraculously I woke from that coma and recovered beyond all expectations!

You may also remember that when my apartment was robbed in 2018 many things were stolen, including turntables, speakers, records, and even my car. This jacket was also stolen!

Miraculously, not only did I end up recovering the turntables, records, speakers, and even my car, but I also got my jacket back!

I like to think that my jacket played a role in the recovery of everything that I had lost… my abilities, and anything that is wrongfully taken from me.

This jacket is magic, and while I never met my great great uncle Sparky, he is clearly looking out for me. He is one of my Angels.

The night I found out this puppy was going to be mine, I laid down for bed and received a very clear vision of my uncle Sparky wearing the jacket and walking a dog.

The next day, when I went to visit this puppy I asked “are you Sparky?” and he jumped on my lap and started kissing my face! So…

Meet Sparky!

Sparky is now officially joining the my Adventures in Brain Injury so stay tuned! For now, here is where you can follow his adventures on my Instagram: @cavinb

#puppy #servicedog #labrodoodle
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"Everyone is going to have to take a hard look at where they want to be at this moment in history as we're looking at efforts across the country to to prevent people from being able to exercise their fundamental rights."

- Jen Psaki, Press Secretary

#godsaveamerica #humanrights #fundamentalrights

"Everyone is going to have to take a hard look at where they want to be at this moment in history as we're looking at efforts across the country to to prevent people from being able to exercise their fundamental rights."

- Jen Psaki, Press Secretary

#godsaveamerica #humanrights #fundamentalrights
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So… I’ve been trying to get COVID for almost 2 years now (I want strong natural antibodies, not mRNA created spike proteins (which are problematic)) and I still haven’t gotten it! I’ve been traveling, getting poor sleep, sleeping outdoors, and exposing myself to germs everywhere, and I’m still coming up short… no COVID… no antibodies. 

In speaking with some of my medical mentors, the prevailing theory is that my innate immune system is nutritionally supported enough to block acquisition of the virus so adaptive immunity hasn’t needed to get involved. 

In other words, the virus has not set up shop in my body because I nutritionally block acquisition, and I’ve never developed antibodies because… even if some of the virus got into me, I use clinical and functional nutrition to block the replication of the virus so that the adaptive immune system is not called upon.

If you’re interested in clinical and functional nutrition strategies against viruses, check out the menu on feedabrain.com. 

#covid #naturalimmunity🖕 #spikeproteinistheweapon #covidtest #immunity #antiviral #functionalnutrition #feedabrain

So… I’ve been trying to get COVID for almost 2 years now (I want strong natural antibodies, not mRNA created spike proteins (which are problematic)) and I still haven’t gotten it! I’ve been traveling, getting poor sleep, sleeping outdoors, and exposing myself to germs everywhere, and I’m still coming up short… no COVID… no antibodies.

In speaking with some of my medical mentors, the prevailing theory is that my innate immune system is nutritionally supported enough to block acquisition of the virus so adaptive immunity hasn’t needed to get involved.

In other words, the virus has not set up shop in my body because I nutritionally block acquisition, and I’ve never developed antibodies because… even if some of the virus got into me, I use clinical and functional nutrition to block the replication of the virus so that the adaptive immune system is not called upon.

If you’re interested in clinical and functional nutrition strategies against viruses, check out the menu on feedabrain.com.

#covid #naturalimmunity🖕 #spikeproteinistheweapon #covidtest #immunity #antiviral #functionalnutrition #feedabrain
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