Changing your diet to include brain-healthy foods will give your body what it needs, along with lifestyle changes, for it’s best chance against a stroke. In this diet you must include minerals such as potassium, calcium and folate, and a good supply of antioxidants, fiber, soy, and omega-3.
Here’s a partial list of brain-healthy foods for you to choose from when constructing a brain-healthy diet:
Potassium: Sources of potassium-rich foods include apricots, avocados, bananas, lima beans, blackstrap molasses, brewer’s yeast, brown rice, dates, and figs.
Calcium: Sources of calcium-rich foods include dairy foods, salmon (with bones), sardines, seafood, almonds, asparagus, blackstrap molasses, broccoli, and cabbage.
Antioxidants: Sources of antioxidant-rich foods include anything containing vitamins A (liver, fish liver oils, green and yellow fruits and vegetables), C (asparagus, avocados, black currants, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cantaloupe, citrus fruits), and E (cold-pressed vegetable oils, dark green leafy vegetables, legumes, nuts, seeds).
Omega-3: Sources of omega-3 rich foods include salmon, herring, mackerel, anchovies, sardines, flax, flaxseed oil, eggs, grass-fed beef and lamb, milk and cheese from grass-fed cows.
See the complete list of brain-healthy foods.
Q: How have you changed your diet lately? Are you including more antioxidants or omega-3 fatty acid? Why have you done this?
