Home » Diet and Nutrition News & Advice » 10 Best Brain Foods for Your Budding Genius

10 Best Brain Foods for Your Budding Genius

Emily Lockhart
By: Emily Lockhart on Thursday, March 21st


For the brain to perform at optimal level, it requires a mix of complex carbohydrates, lean proteins, antioxidants, fatty acids, and vitamins. So just in time for the kiddies to hit the books following Spring break; we thought you eager parents out there might like to get a head start on some effective brain foods to help your little geniuses exceed for the spring term.

Here are ten of the best brain-powering foods to help put your child on the right path—back to class…

1. Walnuts

When you really think about it, a walnut resembles a mini version of the brain. So it makes perfect sense that the nut, which is high in omega-3 fatty acids and protein, makes for a healthy brain wave food.

Next »
ADVERTISEMENT

We Recommend

6 Common Brain Cell Killers
6 Common Brain Cell Killers
12 Important Health Facts About Functional Neurological Disorders
12 Important Health Facts About Functional Neurological Disorders
Nature vs. Nurture: How Does it Affect Learning?
Nature vs. Nurture: How Does it Affect Learning?
Soccer Concussions Becoming a Serious Problem, Brain Researchers Say
Soccer Concussions Becoming a Serious Problem, Brain Researchers Say
Researchers Use 3D Model of Amnesia Patient's Brain to Study Memory Loss
Researchers Use 3D Model of Amnesia Patient's Brain to Study Memory Loss
10 Idea-Inspiring Brain Foods
10 Idea-Inspiring Brain Foods

We Recommend

More on ActiveBeat
  • The 10 Most Common Brain Tumors
    The 10 Most Common Brain Tumors
    There are approximately 23,000 new brain cancer diagnoses each year in the U.S. These brain masses develop when abnormal cancer cells accumulate in one area—in this case, the...
    Diet and Nutrition News & Advice
  • Albert Einstein's Amazing Brain
    Albert Einstein's Amazing Brain
    New images of Albert Einstein's brain have shown some amazing differences when compared with a normal brain.
    Diet and Nutrition News & Advice
  • New Study Finds Brain Inflammation to Be Treatable
    New Study Finds Brain Inflammation to Be Treatable
    A new study conducted by DR. Orser and Dr. Wang in Toronto has suggested that using drugs to target the hippocampus that memory loss may be reversible.
    Diet and Nutrition News & Advice
  • Monitoring White Matter in the Brain Key to Predicting Learning Abilities, Study Finds
    Monitoring White Matter in the Brain Key to Predicting Learning Abilities, Study Finds
    How can we predict that a children will develop a learning disability? A new study suggests using brain scans to monitor the growth of white matter in the brain can help identify...
    Diet and Nutrition News & Advice
  • Exercise Can Help Keep Brain Healthy Later in Life, Study Suggests
    Exercise Can Help Keep Brain Healthy Later in Life, Study Suggests
    Staying fit and healthy during the middle stages of your life could play a crucial role in preventing decreases in brain volume during your senior years, a new study...
    Diet and Nutrition News & Advice
  • Omega-3 Fatty Acids May Not Protect the Brain, Study Suggests
    Omega-3 Fatty Acids May Not Protect the Brain, Study Suggests
    We’ve been hearing for years that omega-3 fatty acids can keep our brains healthy and efficient.
    Diet and Nutrition News & Advice
  • Let's Talk About Traumatic Brain Injury
    Let's Talk About Traumatic Brain Injury
    Traumatic brain injury (or TBI) occurs as the result of a traumatic event, which injures the brain. This can be a result of a penetrating injury or a closed injury.
    Diet and Nutrition News & Advice
  • 7 Most Bizarre Brain Disorders
    7 Most Bizarre Brain Disorders
    Your brain is your CPU, so when something goes wrong with it, it can cause a lot of functions to go haywire.
    Diet and Nutrition News & Advice
  • The Most Common Causes of Brain Injury
    The Most Common Causes of Brain Injury
    Brain injuries can happen at any age, and they present a variety of short-term or long-term symptoms depending on the patient.
    Diet and Nutrition News & Advice
  • 5 Ways to Improve your Concentration
    5 Ways to Improve your Concentration
    With life's many distractions—such as text messages, social media, office deadlines and multitasking—it's easy for your mind to become used to jumping between thoughts quickly.
    Diet and Nutrition News & Advice
  • 6 Symptoms of Traumatic Brain Injury in Children
    6 Symptoms of Traumatic Brain Injury in Children
    Children play hard, and can sustain a traumatic brain injury from participating in sports and actually colliding with someone or even having their head jerked in a violent fashion.
    Diet and Nutrition News & Advice
  • 7 Brain Atrophy Causes That'll Go to Your Head
    7 Brain Atrophy Causes That'll Go to Your Head
    Brain atrophy is a wasting away of brain cells, or more accurately, the loss of brain neurons and the connections between them that are essential for functioning properly.
    Diet and Nutrition News & Advice
  • 6 Key Treatments for Amnesia
    6 Key Treatments for Amnesia
    Most of us are familiar with amnesia, which is generally defined as memory loss, and its causes, from brain injury to alcoholism to dementia to mental health trauma (such as...
    Diet and Nutrition News & Advice
  • The Diagnosis of Brain Death: Six Signs and Symptoms
    The Diagnosis of Brain Death: Six Signs and Symptoms
    The brain is the master computer for all of your functions, so if it has failed, there's no wonder that almost all bodily functions will be impacted along with it.
    Diet and Nutrition News & Advice
  • 6 Tips to Handle Head Injuries in Children
    6 Tips to Handle Head Injuries in Children
    It can happen in an instant...one minute your child is playing happily without a care in the world, the next they are taking a dive off a couch and into the edge of a table.
    Diet and Nutrition News & Advice