Tips To Healthy Diet for Brain and Heart

Director of the UCLA Memory Clinic in United States, Gary Small says that the food seems good for the heart, also good for the brain. He provides tips on getting the best nutritional benefits to the two organs are important in our lives :

1. Limiting the number of calories

Excess body fat increases your risk of diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure. Both these degenerative diseases risk of causing a mild stroke in the brain that can make you lose your memory, dementia and even Alzheimer's disease.

2. Eat more good fats

Essential fatty acids we found in fish helps prevent heart vessel blockage. These fatty acids are also found in nuts, avocados, canola oil, olive oil. 

3. Choose low fat meats

Such as chicken without skin and meat tenderloin. Saturated fat-rich meats such as beef burgers are the cause of heart vessel blockage. 

4. The concentration of the complex carbohydrates

Such as fruits, vegetables, beans, and wheat. That are food is beneficial to good cholesterol guard our heart health. In addition, this type of carbohydrate also maintain appetite and help burn fat. Vegetables and fruits are also brightly colored antioxidants brain health carers. 

5. Add the turmeric ( Curcuma domestica )

Yellow color on a cooking that originated from turmeric also beneficial to health because the content of curcumin in it. Curcumin is the active ingredient in turmeric, which is useful as antiinflammatory and antioxidant substances. 

6. Drinking green tea and black

Make a cup of tea without sugar because these two types of tea is free of calories and rich in antioxidants. 

7. Drinking wines

Of course as long as you do not have health impairments to drink this style. A glass of wine a day can help protect the brain from degeneration. So according to studies written in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Red wine also contains antioxidants known.

        8. Avoid junk food

Especially snacks that contain high sugar and processed foods. Both cause inflammation in the body and increase the amount of glucose in our blood.