Keep your legs forward with toes pointing upward, legs straight, striking with the ball of your foot to propel you forward. Single-leg bounds. Balance yourself on one foot, push off that leg, and land on the opposite foot. Keep going without a pause in between.
In particular, getting adequate B vitamins helps your brain respond appropriately to stress. Get your daily B dose via: 1  Chickpeas and other legumes for vitamin B6. 2  Dark green, leafy vegetables for folate. 3  Fish, poultry, and meat for B12.
This process, called adult neurogenesis, relies on vitamin D from your diet. An animal study, published in âHippocampusâ in 2012, found that vitamin D deficiency can prevent new brain cell growth, and also kills nerve stem cells -- cells with the potential to grow into mature brain cells.