Brain Food

Brain Food delves into the topic of nutrition and how certain foods and nutrients can affect the well-being of the brain, its memory function, its cognitive capability, and how what we ingest can reverse the brain’s inclination to develop certain diseases.

Breakthrough discoveries show that well-known illnesses, such as Alzheimer’s, don’t actually develop due to poor genes most of the time. In fact, less than 1% of people develop this cognitive dysfunction due to their hereditary misfortune.

However, food and other lifestyle choices play a much bigger role in the development of Alzheimer’s or dementia. Not just that, but they’re also responsible for 70% of all stroke cases, 80% of heart attacks, and 90% of type two diabetes! These alarming rates can only make us wonder, what is it that we do wrong?

We eat wrong. Out of all the things we actively do for our body, such as exercising or taking our medicine, eating is at the top of the list in terms of frequency. Complementary to that, our brain is most easily damaged by food. Therefore, we should really start looking at what we eat. One way or another, our brain needs to get 45 nutrients.

If you haven’t guessed by now, they come from our daily meals and they go straight into the composition of our brain. By eating smart, you can boost your cognitive health, improve your memory, reduce stress and anxiety, and most importantly, slow down the aging process of your brain.

“Stay hydrated’’ is something we’ve probably heard more than once. And for a reason! The brain is made out of 80% water, and this special element is only one of the few ones allowed to pass the blood-brain barrier. In other words, water goes straight to your brain, as it is involved in the energy production process. Not just that, but water is also responsible for the brain’s chemical reactions, for filling up the spaces between the cells, and for flushing out toxins. Drinking two liters per day can boost your brain’s performance by up to 30%! Therefore, make sure to invest in a quality water filter and stay hydrated. As for the fats, the book draws a clear line between the unsaturated and the saturated ones. Your brain is a fan of saturated fats, but it can make as much as it needs locally. Therefore, the fat you ingest will inflame your body and shorten the oxygen supply. In fact, eating 25 grams of saturated fat per day increases the chance of developing dementia by four times. Still, you should consume monounsaturated fats, and they come from nuts, avocados, yogurt or kefir, and olive oil. Moreover, you also have polyunsaturated fats, like…