Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Feed Your Brain

We know that foods play a great role in our body, include our brain. Studies have shown that certain nutrients can positively affect the brain health and function. Sufficient nutrition is very needed for maintaining brain function and capability such as capability to focus, memorize, etc. For doing so, brain needs these kind of nutrients :


Iron
Iron can be found in oat, green vegetable (like spinach), nut, fish, meat. It takes part in the production of brain chemicals such as dopamine and serotonin to improve mood.

Folate
Folate is vitamin B needed for nucleic acid synthesis which is essential for brain. For pregnant women, consuming folate may prevent baby born with disability. Here are folate rich food : melon, banana, grape, cereal, rice, spinach, broccoli.

Vitamin B-6
Vitamin B-6 is healthy brain food because this kind of vitamin can change protein to amino acids which are important to produce serotonin and also make brain concentrate longer. Oatmeal, tomato, tuna, egg, fish, chicken and potato are rich in vitamin B-6. But, egg is high in cholesterol, old people should limit the consumption.

Antioxidant
As we have already known, antioxidant fight free radical in the body. Moreover, antioxidant keep the oxygen flowing to brain so that brain can focus better. Looking for food that rich in antioxidant? grape, pomegranate, kiwi, green tea, cherry, berries family, orange, pineapple, apple, chilli, dark chocolate.

Glucose
Like machine need fuel, so does you brain. Glucose is the fuel for brain cells and it is easily found in oatmeal, rice, red rice, bread and other carbohydrate products Our brain can not store glucose and need constant supply from blood. If, however, we eat excessive glucose in the form of highly refined carbohydrates, this do not good to brain health.

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