10 Best Brain Foods

The food to have a healthy brain should be rich in fish, seeds and dried fruits because these foods have omega 3, which is an essential fat for the proper functioning of the brain.

So, some of the best foods for the brain can be:

1. Green tea: it stimulates the brain and therefore helps to be more alert.
2. Salmon: is one of the omega 3 richest fish that accelerates brain responses and improves learning ability.
3. Black chocolate: just a little square a day, after lunch or dinner, to improve brain oxygenation and give a sense of well-being.
4. Sunflower seeds: rich in vitamin E which is an excellent antioxidant that protects brain cells and lessen the negative effects of stress by avoiding exhaustion and mental fatigue.
5. Tomato: in addition to the antioxidant lycopene also has fisetin, a substance that helps reduce forgetfulness.
6. Pumpkin Seeds: They have magnesium, which is a mineral that enhances learning ability and memory.
7. Brewer's yeast: it has vitamin B that improves the conditions of transmission of the information of the neurons, improving the capacity of memory.
8. Brussels sprouts, cauliflower or broccoli: these are cruciferous vegetables that have sulforaphans, a substance that is an excellent antioxidant to prevent and prevent the death of brain cells, neurons.
9. Milk: it contains tryptophan which in addition to helping improve brain performance also helps you to have a calmer sleep, which is critical for storing the information learned.
10. Egg: It has vitamin B12 which is very important for the formation of the components of brain cells improving its functioning helps to increase the acetylcholine which is an important substance for memorizing functions.

These foods should be consumed every day and so a good example is to drink green tea throughout the day, put sunflower and pumpkin seeds in the breakfast granola, eat salmon at lunch with boiled broccoli and 1 square of chocolate at the end, add brewer's yeast in the snack juice, eat egg with tomato salad for dinner and before bed drink 1 glass of milk.

In addition, to have a good functioning of the brain is important not to spend many hours without eating, because the brain is easily without energy, drinking 1.5 to 2 liters of water per day, because if the body is dehydrated the brain does not work well, and avoid alcoholic beverages, which are toxic to the brain.

Here's how you can easily add these foods to your diet:

But if you're just having memory problems, read: Foods to Improve Memory.