Brain Foods -Optimize Your Life!

Brain foods energize your life, increase memory, and improve thought processing to name a few things. Brain smart food promotes well-being including sexual health! Basically, good healthy foods keep your brain neurons firing. You and me end up better off for it.

Free radicals destroy your brain. The damage adds up over the years reducing brain cell energy. This results in poor mental function, possible degenerative diseases and age related problems. Free radicals also cause damage elsewhere in your body.

To prevent and in some cases reverse free radical damage start eating a brain and body healthy diet. You begin to reduce brain fog and have better thought processing. Also, you will have a positive impact on your overall health and increase energy levels. What's good for your body is good for your brain.

Brain foods to start eating today: Blueberries, blackberries, pomegranates, strawberries, spinach, brussel sprouts, avocado, kale, broccoli, beets, lean cuts of beef, bison, and wild salmon are excellent.

For more information on the excellence of blueberries as a smart healthy brain food check this site: Wild About Blueberries

Types of healthy food.

Cut back or eliminate sugar and junk food. Within a few days of doing so you should see an increase in energy.

Beware of all forms of sugar that are added to foods. One in particular is HFCS, high fructose corn syrup. HFCS is a concentrated sweetener that is inexpensive and widely used because it is relatively cheap. Some studies indicate it may be responsible for obesity. Reportedly, the emergence of HFCS in soda pop and other foods a few decades ago coincided with the increase in obesity. It is thought this 'sugar' causes your body to start making and storing fat.

Secret: Real chocolate is actually healthy for your brain. It has a mood enhancing, stabilizing affect. Look for chocolate with at least seventy percent cocoa.

Secret: Coffee may prevent certain brain diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. Stay away from the super sweet versions -lattes, cappaccinos, mochas- or at least limit them to once in a rare while. Some cocoa and coffee with a little cream is a nice mood enhancing, uplifting drink.

Of course, watch the caffeine intake especially if you're caffeine sensitive (get jittery or overactive). Coffee is a diuretic and that's not what you want to do to your brain -dehydrate it. So, it's best not to overdo it.

Secret: Green tea -the ultimate brain food drink- is a powerful antioxidant. It is thought to be an anti-cancer agent and an immune booster. It contains an amino acid called L-theanine, a brain calming, body relaxing agent. Green tea also lowers bad LDL cholesterol. For a change try naturally decaffeinated green tea.

Secret: Black tea is good for you too! As is white tea. The differences between green, black and white teas are the stages of fermentation. They're all from the same plant.

Important: Stay hydrated by drinking plenty of fluids - fresh, sugar-free fruit juices, herbal teas, and water -for a change add a squeeze of your favorite fruit,lemon, lime or orange. Staying hydrated is good for body and brain.