Boost your Memory – Better Concentration – More Focus

Do you want to know which are some of the main minerals and vitamins that we should ingest in order to keep our brain in top condition?

In this short post, you will find valuable information about these nutrients.

The human brain is a complex organ that requires a lot of different nutrients so it can function correctly. Each one of these gives a beneficial effect, naturally stimulating  the brain’s normal functions.

• Vitamin A: among its main characteristics, this vitamin helps prevent cognitive degeneration and protects memory.

Vitamins of group B: these are considered particularly important for the brain’s good health. It plays a key role when it comes to conducting nerve impulses.

• Thiamine (vitamin B1): it is found abundantly in the brain and in nerve tissues. Among its most important functions, the most significant effects are that it helps with the transformation of ingested food into energy, the general stamina in our bodies, the heart activity and the cardiovascular system. It also helps absorb glucose in the nervous system which influences both eyes and vision health.

• Vitamin B6: this vitamin for the brain improves the formation of dopamine, epinephrine, norepinephrine, GABA, and acetylcholine (neurotransmitters who are responsible for transmitting the signals produced between neurons. Dopamine is related to the reward circuits of the brain; epinephrine is related to heart rate; norepinephrine puts the nervous system in “alert”; GABA reduces stress and anxiety, besides relaxing the brain; and acetylcholine helps coding memory and allows information to better consolidate). Additionally, vitamin B6 regulates homocysteine levels (amino acid which favors the appearance of vascular problems when its levels rise), helps increase the absorption of vitamin B12 and is very important for cognitive development.

• Folic acid (vitamin B9): improves cell reproduction and favors the appearance of new tissues. It also intervenes in the formation of some neurotransmitters such as dopamine, serotonin and epinephrine (adrenaline).

• Vitamin B12: is one of the most important vitamins needed by the brain to properly function. It helps in the elaboration of cells and fatty acids, and it is fundamental for protein, red blood cells and neurotransmitters synthesis. It is closely related to short-term memory and with the brain capacity to quickly produce thoughts.

• Ascorbic acid (vitamin C): the highest concentration of this vitamin is located in the brain, especially in the pituitary gland (400 mg/Kg). Vitamin C is important in the synthesis of dopamine and helps protect the brain from oxidative stress.

• Vitamin D: among the most important functions of vitamin D is the improvement of memory, and the production of benefits upon the mood and the capacity to solve problems.

• Vitamin K: the most important benefits to the brain for ingesting this vitamin is the increase in brain activities speed, which improves learning, memory and general cognitive capacity.

• Fatty acids Omega-3: these are polyunsaturated fats which our bodies can create. Among their most notorious benefits are the improvement of brain functions. Eating a diet rich in Omega-3 protects the brain from cognitive degeneration and helps improve brain plasticity, concentration and memory.

• Calcium: an essential mineral for brain functions. Its main role is to serve as a messenger between nerve cells. It also regulates neurotransmission and nervous excitability.

• Magnesium: it is called the “miraculous mineral”. Magnesium helps convert many B vitamins into their active forms.

• Zing: it generally improves brain health maintenance, and its deficiency has been associated with different neurological and psychological disorders, such as Parkinson or Alzheimer’s maladies.

How should we naturally ingest the vitamins and minerals our brain needs?

In the following paragraphs, we will present you a list of 10 foods which constitute excellent formulas for the mind and explain why they’re perfect for the brain:

• Apple: thanks to its richness in pectin, which is a soluble fiber that has the virtue of protecting the brain from cholesterol excess and neurotoxic metals such as mercury, lead or cadmium. This fiber also favors equilibrium in the intestinal flora, the main place where the general health of our organism is gestated, including our thinking organ.

• Quinoa: due to its richness in certain fatty acids, but above all thanks to its high concentration of essential amino acids, which are vital for neurotransmitters production. This fruit also contains minerals that are considered important for the brain such as iron, magnesium and phosphorus. Moreover, quinoa contains low levels of glycemic index, which means that it contributes glucose slowly and progressively, a positive virtue when it comes to a good mental performance.

• Sesame: this nourishment is interesting for the brain due to its concentration of fatty acids, which are related to the ease of cholesterol and triglycerides control. It is also one of the best lecithin sources that exist, which improves blood circulation and is part of the brain neuronal structure.

• Pomegranate: it is a great neuroprotective, because this is one of the best antioxidants known. It’s great richness in natural pigments is one of the reasons for this property, but also its concentration of other polyphenols, which additionally, strengthen the small capillaries that irrigate the brain. It also contains pectin and vitamin C in important amounts.

• Nuts: these are essential due to their essential fatty acids, such as omega, which among many other properties, contribute to keep a good flux of blood irrigating the brain. Nuts stimulate the production of neurotransmitters, and provide lecithin and micro nutrients which are important to cognitive functions such as phosphorus, iron and magnesium.

• Egg: is a source of proteins of great quality, which is good for facilitating the synapse of our neurons. It’s rich in lecithin and provides vitamin B12, a very scarce vitamin in vegetables, but needed for the nervous system to work properly and the formation of red blood cells, which are required to bring oxygen to the brain.

• Green tea: it may help us stop drinking coffee, which may become neurotoxic when drunk in excess, because it is an intellectual stimulant that keeps us alert, but does not excite. It gives the impression that under its effects we better concentrate and it’s easier to remember data. Finally, green tea prevents glucose sudden alterations.

• Avocado: this fruit is very rich in unsaturated fats, most prominently omega 9, which is needed for good growth and communication between neurons. The functions that carry on this fatty acid are especially important during the period in which there’s greater brain development (prenatal phase). This is the reason why pregnant women should include avocado in their diet. This fruit is also rich in vitamins A and C.

• Algae: in general, these are extraordinary foods because they focus many nutrients, such as high biological value proteins, and all the minerals that we need in optimal proportions in order for the body to assimilate them. Some algae provide a lot of iron, which facilitates oxygenating the brain, along with vitamin C, which helps to integrate it to the body. Alginic acid in some algae is very efficient for eliminating potentially dangerous substances for our brain.

• Fish: apart from being a great source of quality amino acids and proteins, fish provide heme type iron which is highly assimilable, especially because it contributes fatty acids from the series omega 3, which are- already transformed to their most active forms (EPA and DHA), which carry on functions that are very important for the heart, but also for the brain, such as regulating blood pressure, improving circulation and producing vasodilation.

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