Hello, this is Monica Reinagel, and you're listening to the nutrition divas, quick and dirty tips for eating well and feeling fabulous.

Thanks for joining me.

I've gotten a handful of questions lately from listeners wanting to know whether

a certain diet or supplement would help with brain fog.

Each of the people that wrote to me had come across a blog or a YouTube video or a podcast

that described a product or a dietary regimen that was supposed to treat

brain fog. Interestingly, each one offered a completely different solution for the same problem.

Although brain fog isn't a recognized medical condition,

it's a term that I'm starting to see more and more frequently.

It's used as a sort of catch-all to describe a wide range of symptoms.

Here's a typical list of things that are sometimes given as symptoms of brain fog.

Low energy, fatigue, irritability, trouble concentrating, headaches, forgetfulness, low motivation, depression, anxiety, and confusion.

Now, I don't know if the folks who wrote to me were online trying to find a solution for a problem that they were experiencing,

or whether they simply stumbled across this

list of things and thought hey I sometimes feel tired or blue maybe I'm suffering from

brain fog. There are so many possible reasons that you might experience any one of these symptoms.

You might feel fatigued because you have iron deficiency anemia, for example, or you might have a problem with your thyroid, or you

might feel fatigued because you're not getting enough sleep at night.

So if you had iron deficiency an iron supplement could help you feel much better, but if the problem is that you're not sleeping,

well then that iron supplement probably isn't going to help that much.

If you're not sleeping well well it could be because you're

drinking too much caffeine too late in the day. It could also be that you're

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