Delicious Brainfood

 

It’s that time of the year again when you have to get your game face on and start studying for your final exams! Try these delicious and nutritious foods as your study snacks!

Wholegrains

The brain cannot work without energy. Achieve this by choosing wholegrains with which release glucose slowly into the bloodstream, keeping you mentally alert throughout the day.

Nuts

A good intake of vitamin E might help to prevent cognitive decline and nuts are a great source of vitamin E!

Pumpkin Seeds

Just a handful of pumpkin seeds a day is all you need to get your recommended daily amount of zinc, vital for enhancing memory and thinking skills.

Tomatoes

There is good evidence to suggest that lycopene, a powerful antioxidant found in tomatoes could help protect against the kind of free radical damage to cells.

Blueberries

Not only delicious, consumption of blueberries may be effective in improving or delaying short-term memory loss!

Broccoli

A great source of vitamin K, which is known to enhance cognitive function and improve brainpower!

Source: BBC Good Foods

– Ju Young Park

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