Benefiting at work from Brain Based Insights

Have you considered hidden workplace benefits packed into well balanced lunches? Simply put, what people eat at noon plays a far greater role in landing regular raises, promotion to better jobs, favor from peers, or big boosts in business … than many realize. Or have you seen food’s wallop to human brainpower?

Lunches either enhance a person’s ability to be innovative … with added zip for the afternoon …  or that fast food grab can zap one’s focus, shorten memory, and plain put workers to sleep on the job. How does it work from inside business brains?  

Here are 10 problems that limit brainpower in most workplaces … all with potential solutions that come packed into some people’s lunch bags.

1. Energy appears low, so deadlines slide to back burners and beyond. Solution … try whole grains, an apple and a few fresh veggies that add carbs. New energy comes from this glucose in your diet.

2. Edgy or cranky responses from some lead to low morale in others. Solution … try water or unsweetened tea. Liquids balance circulation and so pep up brainpower.

3. Mistakes seem commonplace because memory and focus fail often. Solution … try a mug of hot coffee or a cup of green tea as these tend to dilate blood vessels in your brain and increase your focus for excellence.

4. Enthusiasm gives way to boredom with low standards and ho-hum results. Solution … try a salad with pumpkin seeds, pine nuts, parsley, lentils, soybeans and white beans and a few strips of steak for added iron. Expect these foods to run oxygen to your brain for zest that works competitive edges with beneficial results.

5. Agitated workers create anxiety rather than solutions when business doesn’t go smoothly as planned. Calcium plays a significant role in controlling blood pressure. Solution … try milk, soy products, poppy seeds, nuts, or whole grains and expect solutions to fly after lunch.

6. People criticize rather create and negativity spreads like wildfire.  Solution … try milk, cheese, hard boiled eggs, fish, potatoes, carrots or whole grained bread … and enjoy calmer moods with more creative benefits to enhance your bottom line.

7. People fail to spot  problems that choke off revenue streams and fewer still speak up and feel heard in ways that lead to success. Solution … try tuna, trout, milk products, smoked beef, cottage cheese, along with a few peanuts, or almonds for new alertness to spike at work.

8. New technologies  create confusion rather than offer solutions … because people resist change that could lead to improvements. Solution … try tossing in turkey, chicken, broccoli, spinach, cashews, or rice into lunch … and expect mental openness and a zest for improvement … even when growth involves risk.

9. People blow up at peers who perform poorly, and ostracize others, rather than suggest or model improved alternative approaches. Solution … try nuts, pork, legumes, sunflower seeds, and whole grains and watch the thiamine jump to nerve cell balance that promotes calm, clear thinking.

10. Rigid routines limit people’s risk-taking and in this way choke off mental spigots to new discoveries, or business innovations. Solution … try unsaturated fatty acids found in fish, corn oil, peanut oil, grape seed oil, walnuts or spinach. Not only do these foods build cell membranes … they also help people to risk new developments that could benefit your business.

Check out more dietary benefits that transform the most successful firms. Are lunchtime benefits and barriers worth discussion … for added brainpower where you work?