Foods for a Healthy Brain by Luma1

Foods for a Healthy Brain by Luma1

1. Whole grains

   • including our brains
   • need blood flow to function well
   • One way to protect our hearts
   • help prevent strokes and heart diseases

2. Berries

   • improve one's learning capacity
   • reduce symptoms of depression
   • lower the risk of age-related diseases like Alzheimer's
   • eat one cup of fresh or frozen berries per day

3. Tea

   • Two to three cups of tea daily can help our memory and concentration
   • Drink the fershly brewed kind,bottled tea don't count

4. Dark chocolate

   • made from cocoa
   • increase our brain power
   • experiment
     • five days of eating cocoa improved blood flow to the brain
   • eating more than fifteen to thirty grams per day may lead to weight gain

5. Walnuts

   • good for our brains
   • shaped like a brain

6. Fish

   • slow down our brains' aging process
   • short-term memory live longer in people who eat fish regularly

7. Blanced blood sugar

   • brain's super fuel
   • Too much ‘fast’ sugar means a blood sugar high and hyperactivity
   • The excess sugar in the blood gets dumped into storage as abdominal fat
   • Too much sugar and your child may be hyperactive and find it hard to concentrate
   • Too little and they may feel tired, irritable and find it hard to concentrate

8. Ensure essential fats

   • Eat plenty of seeds and nuts
     • You can grind and sprinkle them on cereal, soups and salads.
   • Eat cold-water carnivorous fish 2 or 3 times a week
     • sardines, mackerel, herring, kipper or wild/organic salmon.
   • Choose fish oil and starflower or evening primrose oil to supplement fats
   • Avoid deep fried, browned and processed foods