Green tea, black tea and coffee have been long known as energy boosters. They were used in order to revitalize the body and mind when they were giving signs of tiredness. Nowadays, many people rely on these energy drinks to give them power to make it through the day. The day of a modern person starts with a large cup of coffee, while during the day, at least one cup of black or green tea are drank to maintain the level of energy as high as possible. Also, the recent history has also come up with numerous energetic drinks and sodas which are very rich in caffeine and which are highly popular among people who want to increase their brain power or muscular strength for a limited period of time.

The miraculous ingredient which makes all these drinks highly effective in fighting sleep and tiredness and boosting the energy is caffeine. People heavily rely on it for solving all their tasks in a limited period of time and with minimum physical effort. It has become as used as all the other basic foods and drinks.

The reason for which caffeine is so effective is that it affects the release of adenosine, the chemical substance meant to announce the body when it is time to sleep. Without this chemical or when its presence in the body is significantly reduced, the body does not feel the need to sleep, thus prolonging its state of alert. Also, because caffeine fully oxygenizes the brain and reduces the flow of blood which reaches the heart, the brain gets more and more active and energetic, which leads to an increased intellectual activity. This is the reason for which most people signal a higher power of leaning and greater intellectual capacity after consuming a cup of drink containing this wonder-ingredient.

Yet, in addition to firing up the neurons and increasing the intellectual abilities for a limited period of time, the drinks containing caffeine also give the individual a state of well-being. This state is caused by the dopamine, the same substance which is responsible for creating addiction. Thus, if you drink caffeine drinks on a regular basis and you feel like you lose your focus when you do not have a cup of coffee in the morning, you should know that the only one to blame for that is the dopamine.

You probably know that what you eat does not only influence the amount of energy you get or how much fat do you acquire on your body. What you eat has also severe consequences on your health status, on the way in which your skin looks like and last, but not least, on the way in which your brain functions. The influence of your diet upon health, skin and overall look has been extensively discussed in many types of articles and papers. Yet, few people know what damaging effects a wrong diet can have upon their brain. This is what we are going to talk about in this article.

The brain, just like any other organ, needs nourishing substances which can give it the amount of energy and nutrients needed in order to function properly. Thus, foods containing antioxidants, Omega-3 fats and fibers should be included in your daily meals in order for the brain to function normally.

Once you start introducing this type of foods in your regular diet, your brain will start working better, will handle more information and will be able to better resist in stress conditions. Also, the intellectual capacity will increase significantly, thus improving the memory.

On the other hand, the brain cannot function properly in presence of harmful chemicals. Some chemicals are ingested from air and there is nothing we can do about it. Maybe just take a vacation and isolate in a pollution-free area for a couple of days, for detox. Yet, there are also a lot of chemical substances people ingest from different types of food, such as chips and fast-food or drinks, like sodas or drinks containing chemical colorants. These ingredients not only stop the improving of one’s IQ, but they have a significant contribution in lowering the intellectual capacities. Thus, in plain words, if you eat and drink such aliments not only will your brain not be capable of making further progresses, but it will also lose its current abilities.

So, if you are thinking about increasing your IQ you should consider adopting a healthy diet, with lots of fruits, fresh vegetables and fat-free products. This is the only way through which you will be able to enhance your intellectual quotient.

The human brain is probably one of the most complex organs. It is also one of the less understood by the large public. The way in which the brain functions is a mystery for most people. Yet, there is one thing which everybody knows: an increased intelligence means higher positions in the society and higher incomes form your job. Thus, more and more people are in the search of techniques which will help them increase their IQ effectively and boost their intelligence in a short period of time.

The brain is similar to a muscle: the more you put it to effort, the more it will be capable to resist. This means that if you are thinking about increasing your IQ, it is absolutely necessary to train your brain continuously. A short period of hard work will not give result if it is followed by a long period of leisure and lethargy. In contrast, long periods of study always give satisfactory results on the long run and make the brain function properly for more time.

But what means training your brain? Well, training means putting your brain to work.

Reading numerous books and articles, playing mind games and computer strategy games, solving problems and continuously looking for new things which can challenge your brain are great ways of boosting your intelligence. The newer and more interesting things you discover, the more you increase your intelligence and improve your mental abilities, so search for things you might be interested in.

It is highly important that all these activities are combined, so that all the parts of your brain are put to work. The more diversified the mental exercises are, the bigger are the chances that your brain will increase its capacities and function better day by day. Also, by having a diversified mental training, all the aspects of the intelligence will be equally exploited, allowing you to become a polyvalent person. Thus, do not just stick to those fields which have always been close to your soul, but rather try new things. It is never too late to start developing passions for one or another thing.

During the human history, having increased intellectual capacity has been one of the features which distinguished between successful people and ordinary ones. Even nowadays, the intelligence is the one which makes the difference between people. You can probably guess, the intelligent persons have a bigger capacity for learning and observing things, which prompts them towards higher positions in the society and implicitly, better paid jobs. The amount of intelligence one possesses is measured through specific tests. Their results are oftener referred to by scientists as intelligence quotient.

The intelligence quotient, or IQ, is measured by using the formula 100 X (mental age/chronological age). Most people’s intelligence quotient is somewhere around 100, but there are also people who have lower IQ (especially those persons who have suffered some kind of traumas in their past or who suffer from a mental condition) or higher IQ (those people considered to be geniuses). In this latter category, important scientific people can be included, such as Albert Einstein, who had an IQ of 170 and Isaac Newton, whose IQ is said to be not less than 200.

It is necessary to mention that the value of your IQ is not something you are born with. Rather, your intelligence increases with time. Thus, the older you get, the more intelligent you become. Yet, in addition to age, the IQ is also directly proportional with the amount of time spent and effort made in order to train your brain. As you probably know, in order to be capable of learning more and have a higher IQ, you should train your brain continuously. Training means do a lot of reading and problem solving.

There are people claiming that you can only learn a specific amount of information and that if you try to overwork your brain, it will fail to accumulate any new information. This is a false assumption. Moreover, the more you train your brain, by reading, solving different problems and playing mind games, the more chances you have to rapidly and significantly increase your IQ.

In addition to that, there are other factors which can contribute to the continuous increase of IQ, such as food, physical movement and a healthy lifestyle.