Ep. 23 🎙️ Your Brain on Food

In Episode 23, AC Price opens May's mental wellness series by placing nutrition at the center of the mental health conversation. Drawing on NIH research on the gut-brain axis and Harvard T.H. Chan research on blood sugar and mood, this episode explains how gut health, neurotransmitter production, and blood glucose stability directly shape mental wellness — and how each blood type can use food as a precision tool for brain health. Listeners leave with a food-mood framework, blood type-specific brain nutrition strategies, three daily rituals, and a brain-nourishing dinner bowl featuring May's hero ingredient: blueberries.KEY TAKEAWAYSThe NIH confirms the gut produces ~90% of the body's serotonin — gut health is mental health. Harvard research links blood glucose volatility directly to mood instability, anxiety, and cognitive fog. Blueberries — May's hero ingredient — cross the blood-brain barrier and reduce neuroinflammation. Tryptophan, omega-3s, and magnesium are the three most critical brain-supportive nutrients — all aligned with blood type wellness foods.Each blood type has a distinct food-mood vulnerability and a distinct nutritional solution.BLOOD TYPE WELLNESS BREAKDOWN🩸 Type OBrain health anchored in animal protein and movement. Salmon, beef, pastured eggs. Blueberries daily. Avoid wheat and corn. Avoid cucumber and avocado.🩸 Type AMost cortisol-sensitive brain. Fermented foods for serotonin, dark leafy greens for magnesium, walnuts and flax for omega-3s. Blueberries daily. Adaptogenic practices as important as food.🩸 Type BBlood sugar stability is brain stability. Avoid chicken and refined carbs. Green tea for L-theanine. Blueberries with protein as a brain-reset snack.🩸 Type ABFermented foods daily non-negotiable. Seafood, tofu, and tempeh for neurotransmitter support. Blueberries gentle and powerful. Consistent meal timing prevents cognitive fog.⭐️ THE GREAT EATS — Dinner EditionBrain-Nourishing Dinner Bowl | By Blood Type🩸 O: Wild-caught salmon or grass-fed beef, roasted sweet potato, sautéed spinach and kale, fresh blueberries, sea salt.🩸 A: Pan-seared tempeh over brown rice, roasted broccoli and carrots, sautéed zucchini with sesame oil, spinach with lemon-tahini dressing, pumpkin seeds, blueberries with walnuts.🩸 B: Roasted lamb or turkey, jasmine rice, collard greens with olive oil, roasted beets, sheep's milk feta, blueberries.🩸 AB: Pan-seared wild salmon over millet, snap peas and zucchini, cultured yogurt with dill, olive oil and lemon, blueberries, ginger tea.Your gut is your second brain — and what you put on your plate determines what your gut tells your mind. Feed your brain on purpose, by blood type, every day. Your mental wellness will respond.📚 BLOOD TYPE WELLNESS ORIGIN[Show Notes Only — Not Spoken on Air]Blood type wellness principles are inspired by Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo, author of Eat Right 4 Your Type. AC Art of Food pairs this framework with modern nutrition science and mindful living to support sustainable, personalized wellness.💚BRAND SUPPORTwww.acartoffood.com14-Day Culinary Cortisol Reset — acartoffood.com/culinary-cortisol-resetCulinary Health Assessment — home pageBlood Type Wellness 101 Starter KitsWellness Coaching & MembershipsCustom Meal Plans & Healing Tea BlendsSeven wellness eBooks & eCookbooksAbstract Spice Gold Seasoning BlendsLongevity begins with honoring your biology.Great Eats & Healthy Living! 💚🎧