10 Best Foods And Nutrition For A Healthy Brain

Eating well means thinking well. Nutrition and some food have been shown to improve general brain health and others can help prevent or at least slow down the effects of certain brain diseases. That’s why it’s important to include these foods in your diet as often as possible.

• Tomatoes contain lycopene, which helps fight the cell damage that can be found in Alzheimer’s disease.
• Fish has plenty of omega 3, which help maintain a healthy nervous system, and iodine, to improves mental clarity.
• Whole-grain foods contain folic acid, B12, B6,which all improve in memory.
• Blueberries have been shown to improve short term memory.
• Blackcurrants contain vitamin C, for increased mental agility.
• Pumpkin seeds contain zinc, which enhances memory and thinking skills.
• Fortified cereals are a good source of B12, which reduces homocysteine levels that may contribute to Alzheimer’s disease.
• Broccoli provides Vitamin K, which enhances cognitive function.
• Sage is good for improving memory.
• Nuts are a great source of Vitamin E, which improves memory.

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10 Things You Should Know About Your Brain

I was reading some article about Brain, its exercise, memory problems and all about how it works and I thought I should share these facts here so I will share more after post so you can search on blog with
Google search box on right side of my blog area by typing just Brain. I hope everyone will find it interesting.

• When you’re sleeping, your brain stays awake.
• The brain itself cannot feel pain? Headache pain is felt in the tissues, nerves and blood vessels surrounding the brain.
• Most people assume that vision is what your eye sees and reports to your brain. Actually, the brain adds a great deal to the report it gets from the eye; much what you see is "made up" by the brain.
• A baby’s brain triples its size in the first year of life.
• Men’s brains are on the average 9% bigger than women’s brains. This does not mean men are smarter than women!
• The diameter of an individual brain neuron is four microns. This means that 30,000 neurons could fit on the head of a pin.
• Even one night without sleep can create a deficit and generate memory problems.
• If you have a condition known as “synesthesia,” your brain perceives letters or numbers as having colors.
• An elephant’s brain weighs about 13 pounds, or about 10 pounds more than yours.
• Chances are that Albert Einstein's brain was smaller than yours, but don’t get too excited; it’s only because he was physically smaller than average.

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