Food for Brain Energy Boosters

You've probably heard that certain foods can help your memory improve, and will allow you to think with better clarity.

Keep in mind that all cells need nutrients to continue their growth. This means your brain needs foods that will give it the building blocks it needs to work right. When you have more neurons and connections within your brain, it means you have a stronger memory and your mind can work better.

Build Your Brain: Healthy Fats

The majority of the cell structure in the brain consists of healthy fats, including the most important healthy fats, called Omega-3 fatty acids. As the brain continues to fix itself and grow additional neurons, it needs a good amount of Omega-3s to be consumed.

The best food sources to get your Omega-3 from, in order of importance, are:

Wild Salmon

Deep-water fish, such as salmon, are rich in omega-3 essential fatty acids, not only good for the heart but for the brain function as well, Our brain neurons are coated with fats and omega-3 fatty acids can provide a good coating to keep the brain activities up and running.  Too much cholesterol only makes our neurons stiffer and our brain’ capacity to store information will be greatly reduced without the good fats.

Nuts and seeds are good sources of vitamin E, says Pratt, explaining that higher levels of vitamin E correspond with less cognitive decline as you get older. Add an ounce a day of walnuts, hazelnuts, Brazil nuts, filberts, almonds, cashews, peanuts, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, flax seed, and unhydrogenated nut butters such as peanut butter, almond butter, and tahini. . In addition to these, nuts and seeds are also rich sources of Vitamin E, thiamine and magnesium that are all known to keep our brains in tip-top shape. Just be careful with the salt content especially if you’re hypertensive.

Whole grains
Whole grains, such as oatmeal, whole-grain breads, and brown rice can reduce the risk for heart disease. Every organ in the body is dependent on blood flow. If you promote cardiovascular health, you're promoting good flow to the organ system, which includes the brain.

Protect Your Brain (Antioxidant)

As people get older, substances called free radicals, which are floating through the bloodstream, will break down the brain cells. If you don’t put up a fight, you’ll experience loss of memory as you age. However, there are a good deal of antioxidant food sources to choose from. Antioxidants will merge with these free radicals, turning them harmless. Make sure you eat foods that have this healthy food source.

A cup of blueberries a day in any form -- fresh, frozen, or freeze-dried is also known to improve one’s learning abilities and motor skills so a delectable blueberry dessert must be the perfect choice if you want to harness your brain powers.

Grapes: Eat grapes and notice a sudden boost in your energy

Dried Figs: Can serve as your spare energy pack. It has more potassium than bananas, more calcium than milk and is also a good source of dietary fiber. You won’t believe that figs don’t contain cholesterol, fats, or sodium. It can keep you pumped up all day long. The reason why figs are a good pick than processed sugar in junk foods, because figs contain natural, easily digestible, slow burning sugars

Ginseng can also be used to boost your energy levels in the morning that can last the whole day. It can lower your stress levels; improve your memory and immune system. Ginseng can also stabilize your blood sugar so you won’t crash when you’re hungry

Make a Cayenne pepper: Combine 1/8 teaspoon of cayenne pepper into a cup of warm water. Drink it down and experience some boost of energy in your system. If you need to stay up all night, prepare a quart of any kind of juice without sugar or preservatives on it. Add 1 teaspoon of cayenne pepper in your prepared sugarless juice. Now take this mixture if you feel sleepy

Dark chocolate 
Let's end with the good stuff. Dark chocolate has powerful antioxidant properties, contains several natural stimulants, including caffeine, which enhance focus and concentration. It also stimulates the production of happy hormones called endorphins so dark chocolates can literally lift up your moods. One-half ounce to 1 ounce a day will provide all the benefits you need.

Add these foods to your daily diet, and will help increase your odds of maintaining a healthy brain for the rest of your life.