Brain food (part 2)

What food is healthy?

Did you know?...

The brain needs nutrients for its functioning.

But, be careful! Eating the correct food will make that it works properly and eating the wrong ones will damage it.

BLACKBERRY

DARK CHOCOLATE:

If you want to be a smarter, you eat blueberries, it improves or delay short term memory loss and reduce symptoms of depression.

It makes you happy, because increases endorphins, and serotonin, it improves learning, memory, and focus, and it can reduce blood pressure, and bad cholesterol, and nevertheless, be careful with the portions.

AVOCADO It provides antioxidant vitamin E and Oleic acid, it helps to better the brains functions and the healthy blood flow.

FISH It is rich in hearthealthy omega-3 fatty acids, proteins, and including docosahexaenoic acid, it allows for the normal functioning of neurons (better your memory).

DARK GREEN LEAFY V E G E T A B L E S Collard greens, spinach, Kale, and broccoli are good sources of vitamin E and folate, meaning, they protect the brain, lowering levels of homocysteine (it may trigger the death of nerve cells in the brain).

NUTS They are rich in vitamin E, that is to say, they might help to prevent cognitive decline, delays the onset of dementia and favors deductive reasoning.

COFFEE It has caffeine and antioxidants, it may slow the progress of Alzheimer’s disease, help to live longer and stave off dementia.

WHOLE GRAINS They provide healthy energy to body, and containing a large percentage of folic acid and vitamin B6, important for proper development.

PRECOOKED AND PROCESSED FOODS These types of foods produce pleasure, but they affect your behavior and cognitive functions, because they contain preservatives, additives, dyes, and artificial flavors. In other words they can damage progressively the brain.

SUGARY PRODUCTS Development of insulin tolerance, it to say, it can cause diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease.

SALT

TRANS FATS

Eat more salt than the recommended (3,091 milligrams a day) can increase blood pressure, inability to think properly and recall information.

They could cause alzheimer, affect memory, slows the growth and maturation of the brain. For example processed pastries, fatty red meats, cheese.

Did you know? ‌ You should consume 2000 calories per day.

ALCOHOL It could produces Memory loss and reduce functions of the brain.

ARTIFICIAL COLORS They can cause behavioral problems such as hyperactivity, allergic reactions, brain cancer, cell damage and cell mutation.

For example: blue 1, blue 2, Green 3, Red 3, Red 40, Yellow 5 and 6.

Brain Food Students -Sergio Martinez -Johana Rivera -Anayeli Luis

-Araceli Sanchez Engineering in project management Teacher Cesar Jaimes