What Can I Eat To Keep My Brain Healthy? Top 6 Tips To Help Your Brain
The BRAIN is the most important organ of the human body and its also one of the largest and most complex organs of the body. It controls all activities in the body.
1. Moderate Exercise
Helps the brain at all ages.
Improves attention and grades for students.
Protects the brain from memory loss, Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.
Involves turning your mind to a single point of reference; a word of encouragement or a text from the Bible or a book.
May offset age-related declines in brain function and may also boost some abilities like attention.
Some Biblical quotes on meditation
Psalm 119:15
I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
Psalm 143:5
Is it necessary to keep the brain in good health?
After knowing the the functions of the brain, you will get to understand how necessary it is to keep your brain in good health.
Function/ Role of The BRAIN
From the brain, and from the brain only, arise our pleasures, joy, laughter and jests, as well as our sorrows, pains, grief and tears.
Through it, in particular, we think, see, hear, and distinguish the ugly from the beautiful, the bad from the good, the pleasant from the unpleasant.
Brain function is so strongly associated with what it means to be alive and human that, the cessation of brain activity is taken as a clinical criterion of death even when other organs of the body are still functioning.
Here are some tips to help your brain:
From the brain, and from the brain only, arise our pleasures, joy, laughter and jests, as well as our sorrows, pains, grief and tears.
Through it, in particular, we think, see, hear, and distinguish the ugly from the beautiful, the bad from the good, the pleasant from the unpleasant.
Brain function is so strongly associated with what it means to be alive and human that, the cessation of brain activity is taken as a clinical criterion of death even when other organs of the body are still functioning.
Top Tips To Help Your Brain
Here are some tips to help your brain:
1. Moderate Exercise
Helps the brain at all ages.
Improves attention and grades for students.
Protects the brain from memory loss, Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.
READ MORE: What Are The Benefits Of Exercise?
2. Nutritious diet
Diet that contains nutrients in their right proportions.
Some food sources that are good for the brain include;
Nuts and seeds: sources of vitamin E.
Examples; walnuts, almonds, cashews, peanut, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, flax(lin) seeds,etc.
Avocados: contain monounsaturated fats which lower blood pressure, thus, contributes to healthy blood flow.
Hypertension is a risk factor for decline in cognitive abilities.
Whole grains: reduce risk for heart disease also promoting good blood flow to the organ system, including the brain.
Examples; Oats, whole- grain breads( wheat bread), brown rice.
Beans: stabilize glucose(blood sugar) levels.The brain is dependent on glucose as a source of fuel(energy) for it’s function. Beans provide a steady stream of energy for the brain.
Examples; soya beans, white beans, red beans, kidney beans,etc.
Other food sources for brain health include; honey, cinnamon, ginseng, cranberries, apples, grapes, carrots, red beet, etc
Diet that contains nutrients in their right proportions.
Some food sources that are good for the brain include;
Nuts and seeds: sources of vitamin E.
Examples; walnuts, almonds, cashews, peanut, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, flax(lin) seeds,etc.
Avocados: contain monounsaturated fats which lower blood pressure, thus, contributes to healthy blood flow.
Hypertension is a risk factor for decline in cognitive abilities.
Whole grains: reduce risk for heart disease also promoting good blood flow to the organ system, including the brain.
Examples; Oats, whole- grain breads( wheat bread), brown rice.
Beans: stabilize glucose(blood sugar) levels.The brain is dependent on glucose as a source of fuel(energy) for it’s function. Beans provide a steady stream of energy for the brain.
Examples; soya beans, white beans, red beans, kidney beans,etc.
Other food sources for brain health include; honey, cinnamon, ginseng, cranberries, apples, grapes, carrots, red beet, etc
3. Good Music
Instrumental or vocal music training boosts grades, IQ and working memory, especially in kids.
It also improves working memory and brain processing speeds in adults.
Instrumental or vocal music training boosts grades, IQ and working memory, especially in kids.
It also improves working memory and brain processing speeds in adults.
4. Sleep
Too much or too little ages your brain and has been linked to poorer brain skills in adults.
Poor sleep affects children’s grades and concentration.
Too much or too little ages your brain and has been linked to poorer brain skills in adults.
Poor sleep affects children’s grades and concentration.
5. Nature
Spending time in a natural surroundings and giving them some attention helps children focus better and restore the attention spans of adults.
Spending time in a natural surroundings and giving them some attention helps children focus better and restore the attention spans of adults.
6. Meditation
Involves turning your mind to a single point of reference; a word of encouragement or a text from the Bible or a book.
May offset age-related declines in brain function and may also boost some abilities like attention.
Some Biblical quotes on meditation
Psalm 1:2
But his delight [is] in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
But his delight [is] in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Psalm 119:15
I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
Psalm 143:5
I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
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