Are you having trouble concentrating or remembering? The solution can be found in the plate because it is important to feed your memory. Before discussing these issues, Édouard Dutour, lifestyle columnist for the show Well done for you, wishes to clarify the benefits of certain foods. First, nuts, rich in omega 3, slow down the aging of brain functions. Carrots help reduce the oxidative stress involved in several diseases. Also, beets maintain oxygenation of the brain.
Based on these findings, the columnist delivers his nutrition advice to help maintain our memory.
The Mediterranean diet to boost concentration
Faced with concentration difficulties, the journalist highlights the Mediterranean diet which “has proven itself for many years. The regions called the ‘blue zones’, that is to say Sardinia, or Greece on the shores of the Aegean Sea, many people are centenarians because there is an antioxidant, anti-inflammatory diet”, he first explains on Europe 1.
In concrete terms, these are “fresh and unprocessed products”. “These are vegetables, legumes, cereals, seeds, spices, aromatic herbs, olive oil, fish”, lists the columnist, who also underlines that these are foods low in salt, “which prevents Alzheimer’s disease”. “The Cretan diet always works for concentration problems,” adds Édouard Dutour.
Reduce fatty and sugary foods to maintain your memory
As for memory lapses, which actors dread on stage, there are also dietary tips to avoid them. According to the columnist of the show, “you have to drastically reduce your consumption of fat or sugar”. “Junk food will saturate (our body) with bad fats, refined sugars, and it’s very bad for gray matter”, the part of the nervous system that contains the bodies of neurons.
The journalist explains this “loss of efficiency” caused by junk food: “There is an inflammatory reaction. This interferes with the cognitive functions of the hippocampus, the region of the brain that houses memories”.
Eat foods rich in omega 3 before an exam
Students faced with various exams also fear the arrival of memory lapses in front of their copy. To minimize the risk, Édouard Dutour suggests that they favor foods filled with omega 3, such as walnuts, almonds, or sardines. The columnist relies in particular on a recent study by theAmerican Journal of Clinical Nutrition “which demonstrated the positive impact of the consumption of foods rich in omega 3 in adolescents during the three weeks preceding a memory test”.
If the consumption of sardines for three weeks can put off more than one, the lifestyle columnist of Well done for you shares a very simple recipe: an omelette with smoked salmon and an avocado. A recipe that is also rich in omega 3.