Our brain produces dopamine, which is a neurotransmitter that pushes people against gently into doing stuff. It allows people to focus and achieve great things.
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Sometimes, you can increase dopamine in your system, in order to help you stay focused, productive and motivated. Here are 10 ways how you boost your dopamine levels.
DISCOVER NEW THINGS
When the people find something new and exciting in front of them, it actually triggered the production of dopamine. That was for our ancestors an experience when they discovered new herds to hunt or new plants to harvest. For the people who are naturalists, it’ll be probably going to be hard to manage those things, but now in the era of the internet, everyone is able to research whatever he/she wants.
That means they can discover new music, new videos, some new products and items, but everyone should not go too far and get addictive, but to limit the time and area of interest.
LIST DOWN YOUR SMALL TASKS
Because the dopamine is also released after finishing something, even though are small tasks, for everyone is better to get more hits, by breaking down those big jobs into smaller parts.
In order to satisfy dopamine-wise, you should need to list down those tasks and to check the stuff off a list physically. Ticking off something as done will be really satisfying.
LISTEN TO MUSIC
According to the studies, another activity that releases dopamine to the brain as a response is listen to enjoyable music. Even the anticipation of hearing that music also increases dopamine levels, which explains why the music stores are full of customers.
INCREASE YOUR TYROSINE
Tyrosine is a protein, the building block of dopamine, which should be in a proper amount in the brain. Luckily, it’s easy enough to find this protein in some common foods, such as
- Almonds
- Avocados
- Bananas
- Beef
- Chicken
- Chocolate
- Coffee
- Eggs
- Green Tea
- Milk
- Watermelon
- Yogurt
We believe that you have enough of these in your diet.
REDUCE YOUR LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES
Lipolypo, lipopopoly, lipoly are compounds that should be avoided. Another name for them is endotoxins, as they are indeed toxins. Having them in higher quantity will affect your immune system to go haywire. The worst thing is that it inhibits the production of dopamine.
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They can be combated by having more good bacteria your gut, than bad.
How can you do that?
– Get enough sleep to improve the condition of your gut.
– Eat lots of probiotic foods (fermented foods like yogurt, kimchi, and kefir).
– Limit consumption of fatty and sugary foods. It means, consuming fewer lipids and polysaccharides you’ll get fewer endotoxins.
EXERCISE OFTEN
The exercise helps you to destress and makes you super-productive because physical activity is something your body desires. By exercising, your brain actually releases fun chemicals like endorphins, serotonin as well as dopamine.
If you are not fun of hard workouts, you can go to non-strenuous exercise, by climbing some stairs, taking the dog out for a walk, or busting out the Wii Fit.
ESTABLISH A STREAK
You have to establish your aim, which can be a streak, a visual reminder of how many consecutive times you achieved something. Like in the games, where it’s often used to track victories, you can use it in everyday activities, which added dopamine boost.
You can take a calendar and put an X in the box every day you do something, even simple things like cleaning your desk or eating a healthy lunch
Having it will increase dopamine production, in the same way, completing a task does.
TAKE DOPAMINE ENHANCING SUPPLEMENTS
In cases when you can’t pump your brain with dopamine, you can take supplements that encourage your brain to produce it, such as:
– Curcumin,
– Ginkgo Biloba
– L-theanine (Green tea
– Acetyl-l-tyrosine
MAKE STUFF
Dopamine helps you to achieve greater goals, when you are deep into a creative work, as it proves you a state to be hyper-focused, so you are ready to do anything.
MEDITATE
In some cases, the best way to do something is by doing nothing. That is a situation that you’re doing nothing physically but in your mind, you’re trying to sort out your thoughts. You can meditate, do simple self-reflection or pray, and all these activities and many other similar are related to increased dopamine levels.
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