The best food to enhance brain and memory

Eating well is good for your mental as well as your physical health. But which foods are particularly important to keep your grey matter happy and healthy?

Whether you want to optimise your nutrition during exam season or stay sharp in your next work meeting, paying attention to your diet can really pay off. Although there’s no single ‘brain food’ to protect against age-related disorders such as Alzheimer’s or dementia, thinking carefully about what you eat gives you the best chance of getting the nutrients you need for cognitive health and mood.

Eating a healthy, balanced diet that includes these 11 everyday HealthyPIG brain-boosting foods may help to keep your memory, concentration and focus as sharp as can be.

Oily fish

coffee

Blueberry

Turmeric

Broccoli

pumpkin seeds

dark chocolate

nut

Orange

egg

green tea

Don’t forget that as well as a healthy diet, exercise helps to keep our brains sharp. Research suggests that regular exercise improves cognitive function, slows down the mental aging process and helps us process information more effectively.