Welcome to the Eat This Not That podcast. I'm John Hammond and this is Megan Murphy.

Hello everyone.

And this week we're going to take a look at something that is a huge market here in the US,

but an area where most of us probably don't think about food necessarily and that's productivity.

It's true. I feel like every week there's a new book or app or something we should be looking at to be more

efficient to get things done faster, better, and have more time for yourself or get more

work done.

Like we're almost bombarded by be more productive messaging these days.

I'm such a sucker for productivity, like hacks, tips, books. I mean, four-hour work week, getting things done, the power of habit. They're all, they're all on my bookshelf or in like my Kindle, my Kindle app. And it's just there's, there's not one that goes by. I've had to stop myself from just, I'm like, I can't just do another. And what happens is at the end of the day,

it probably ends up being like a concoction of various, like it's a tip from this, from getting

things done and a little something from from power of habit and a little something from here

that ultimately you shape into your own thing. And look, those things take time. Of course.

Right? Because you've got to read all these books. Someone's got to write them and come out with the next great productivity thing. And look, those things take time. Of course. Right? Because you've got to read all these

books. Someone's got to write them and come out with the next great productivity thing. But,

you know, maybe there's an easier way. Instead of Googling or going to Amazon, maybe you should

go to your fridge or your pantry. Yeah, that's right. The right foods can actually increase your

focus, your memory, and stabilize your mood. I mean, food

affects everything in our bodies and our brains. And when you get enough of these foods that we're

going to talk to you about today on a consistent basis, you can become more productive as a

result of that. So you don't have to slam your bookshelf with all these new books.

Well, you could read all those books. Yeah,

you can as well. If you feel like junk, if you don't have any mental clarity or you've got like

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