Contents
- To strengthen memory, it is recommended to eat more carrots, pineapples and avocados.
- Onions, nuts, and shrimp help you focus
- Figs and cumin contribute to the creative state
- Cabbage, Lemon and Blueberries Increase Performance
- And those who want to always be in a good mood should eat paprika (sweet bell pepper) every day.
Scientists of the Institute of Nutrition of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, studying the effect of food on brain performance, made a number of important conclusions. The activity of brain cells can be stimulated with the help of food, and the most common one. The main thing is to know what is in which set.
In order for the human brain, this most complex mechanism, to function normally, its cells (which number over a hundred billion!) Need to receive a large amount of energy. The brain, as you know, takes 20% of all energy received from food.
To strengthen memory, it is recommended to eat more carrots, pineapples and avocados.
Carrots stimulates metabolism and facilitates memorization, memorization of the necessary material. For students and schoolchildren, before the exam, it is not bad at all to eat a large portion of grated carrots with vegetable oil.
Pineapple is necessary for people of creative professions, for those who need to keep in memory large volumes of text or musical symbols. Vitamin C, which pineapple is rich in, helps you focus. Plus, pineapple is low in calories.
Avocado due to its high content of fatty acids, it is an excellent source of energy for short-term memory.
Onions, nuts, and shrimp help you focus
Onion relieves mental fatigue and mental fatigue. It also promotes blood thinning, improves oxygen supply to the brain.
Nuts strengthen the nervous system, stimulate the activity of the brain. Eat more nuts when you are preparing a keynote speech.
Shrimps supply the brain with fatty acids that strengthen attention. It is enough to eat 100 grams of shrimp per day. But it must be borne in mind that they need to be salted only after cooking.
Figs and cumin contribute to the creative state
Figs thanks to the substance it contains, which is similar in composition to aspirin, it kind of “refreshes” the head, makes the brain receptive to new ideas. Essential oils of figs thin the blood, the brain is better supplied with oxygen. Therefore, figs are highly recommended for people of creative professions.
Essential oils contained in darkness, perfectly stimulate the nervous system. Cumin tea is good: two teaspoons of crushed leaves and seeds for one cup.
Cabbage, Lemon and Blueberries Increase Performance
Cabbage, in particular, reduces the activity of the thyroid gland, relieves nervousness well, soothes. Lemon facilitates the perception of information, a loading dose of vitamin C increases efficiency. Blueberries helps to improve blood circulation in the brain, has a positive effect on vision.
And those who want to always be in a good mood should eat paprika (sweet bell pepper) every day.
The aromatic substances contained in it contribute to the release of endorphins – “hormones of happiness”. And also strawberries, which neutralize negative emotions. And bananas, which contain serotonin, a substance our brains need to signal, “You are happy!”