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Best Brain Foods
by Robert
(London)
Matcha Green Tea
According to actual proven health benefits through valid scientific studies these are the top 5 best brain foods: 1) Wild Salmon. It's not only a great brain food but it's also one of the healthiest foods you can eat. It contains essential Fatty Acids (like Omega-3), a rich source of animal protein and a very low saturated fat.
2) Cacao beans. Great I can eat chocolate now! No. It's the unprocessed cacao bean that has all the cognitive, mood and bliss enhancement properties, thanks to the theobromine in cacao, antioxidants, flavonoids, catechins and other brain & body enhancing ingredients. If you want the benefits the best is to use 100% organic non-alkalized cocoa powder or as a second best - high cacao percentage dark chocolate of 85% or higher from a high-quality provider.
3)Japanese Matcha green tea. Yeah, but not the tea you're thinking of....
The real Japanese Matcha is high quality, carefully cultivated, stone ground green tea. You consume it all in powdered form with with hot water. It's rich in chlorophyl, bright green and has a rich, bitter taste.
So what's the benefits? You must have heard of all the benefits of green tea so imagine those benefits multiplied 10x. Matcha is extremely concentrated and very high in antioxidants, catechins, vitamins C and A and even Fluoride, and the calming L-Theanine.
Also present in high quantities is EGCG (Epigallocatechin Gallate) a compound found only in green teas that possesses anti-cancer, anti-aging and fantastic health benefits. EGCG has become a health phenomenon and a great marketing point for tea companies. Matcha is so intensely healthy it has over 33 times the antioxidant levels of blueberries!!!
Certainly a great way boost your brain.
4) Acai berries and blueberries. The acai berry possesses antioxidants, vitamins and all the brain benefits that the other purple berries like blueberries and blackberries have. But also contains Essential Fatty Acids like Omega-3's (strange but true) and is high in protein.
A real super food, with scientifically proven ORAC antioxidant levels better than any other berry. But it must be fresh Acai berries here, not shop pills, Acai must be processed quickly if you want to get the full benefits outside of South America.
Luckily there are some companies (like Sambazon and Bolthouse) that have home grown and processing facilities in the States. You can find Sambazon organic Acai powder, and Sambazon or Bolthouse refrigerated juice blends.
Of course blueberries is a super food and a brain berry, not as powerful as the Acai berry, but widely available in its fresh original form (compared to Acai).
5) Coffee beans. Another South American super brain food! Much like the cacao bean, the coffee bean is incredibly rich in antioxidants, amino acids, vitamins and minerals. Fresh-ground and slightly roasted coffee bean powder has immense brain and health benefits...even the caffeine content which is Good for the brain. Unfortunately it's what the average coffee house does to the coffee after wards that gives coffee the bad rap....
Regular coffee consumption can reduce mental decline and Dementia and Alzheimer's related symptoms.
The problem is that coffee is combined with unhealthy things, brewed cheap, loaded with artificial cream and sweeteners etc. What was once a super brain food is now a super toxic nightmare.
But the coffee bean is a true super food, and perhaps it's the Italians who consume it closest to the original ideal form with their eye popping pure Espressos.
So those are the 5 best brain foods to add to your diet - for brain health, overall health, and longevity.
Combine these several healthy food sources with some exercises and you should be off to a good start.
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