Boosting your mental faculties doesn’t have to mean studying hard or becoming a reclusive book worm.. There are lots of tricks, techniques and habits, as well as changes to your lifestyle, diet and behaviour that can help you flex your grey matter.
The brain is an organ metabolically active, making it a very hungry, and precisely at this eater. It’s becoming pretty clear in research labs around the country that the right food, or the natural neurochemicals that they contain, can enhance mental capabilities—help you concentrate, tune sensor motor skills, keep you motivated, magnify memory, speed reaction times, defuse stress, perhaps even prevent brain aging.

So increase your mental agility and improve your memory by choosing the right foods.

• Fish and Fish oils The type of fat we eat is very important for a healthy performance brain. 60% of the brain’s solid matter is composed of essential fatty acids. Omega-3 fats found in cold-water fish make up a large portion of the communicating membranes of the brain. Brain cells must constantly refresh themselves with a new supply of fatty acids.
  

• Binge on blueberries    Research from Tufts University in the United States and published in the Journal of Neuroscience suggests that blueberry extract can improve short term memory loss.

• Eat more tomatoes  There is good evidence to suggest that lycopene, a powerful antioxidant found in tomatoes, could help protect against the kind of free radical damage to cells, which occurs in the development of dementia, particularly Alzheimer’s.

• Eat pumpkin seeds  Just a handful a day is all you need to get your recommended daily amount of zinc, vital for enhancing memory and thinking skills.

• Ginkgo Biloba has been found to increase circulation and oxygen delivery to the brain. But it also appears to have strong antioxidant powers, protecting brain cells from harmful molecules called free radicals.

• Glucose is good for learning and memory. Researchers have long known that glucose fuels the brain, and have assumed that the brain always has a ready supply.

• Go nuts  A study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology suggests that a good intake of vitamin E might help to prevent poor memory. Nuts are a great source of vitamin E along with leafy green vegetables, seeds, eggs, brown rice and wholegrains.

• Sprinkle on sage  Sage has long had a reputation for improving memory and although most studies focus on sage as an essential oil, it could be worth adding fresh sage to your diet, too.

• Eggs are good source of protein, lecithin, vitamins, calcium and other minerals like phosphorus, iron etc, all of which are nutrients necessary for the metabolism of our brain.

• Grapefruits  are a rich source of Vitamins A, B1 and C, which help to neutralize the acidic effects of food, which are harmful to the nerve system. One feels refreshed and alert if consume regularly. Oranges and lemons achieve the same effects too.

Friend, it is time to make a change to your lifestyle, otherwise we would have to pay a high price for not taking better care of ourselves. Now, we can start from the basic but most vital change our diet.

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