Top Brain Foods

Good nutrition for the brain should be a diet low in saturated fats and sugars, and high in lean protein-rich foods, legumes, healthy fats, fruits, vegetables and whole grains. These foods provide nutrients essential for protecting and nourishing the brain, as well as manufacturing brain chemicals, or neurotransmitters that are involved in regulating sleep, appetite and mood. Certain foods play a role in preserving brain function. A healthy diet goes a long way in optimizing brain health.

Protein Foods and Legumes
Consume eggs. They are the best food source of choline, which is essential for making acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter, or chemical brain messenger, important for memory. Eat moderate amounts of very lean beef, lamb and turkey. These meats are excellent sources of protein and B-vitamins. Turkey is rich in tryptophan, a precursor to the brain neurotransmitter serotonin. Lamb is rich in selenium. Selenium is a potent antioxidant. It works together with other nutrients to help prevent brain cell damage. Include legumes in your diet. They are rich in Vitamin B1 (thiamin) which helps convert food to energy and is also needed to synthesize acetylcholine. Make all beans a staple in your diet for overall health.

Foods Rich in Healthy Fats
Consume more Omega-3 fatty acids. The brain is 60 percent fat (structurally). For proper brain cell function, a diet rich in Omega-3 fats, including walnuts, flaxseeds, canola oil and cold water fish, is very important. According to a 2004 article published by the "Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging," fats (especially Omega-3 fatty acids), were the first of the dietary factors (nutrients) to show an effect on the brain's structure and function. Yellowfin tuna is a good choice because it is rich in both Omega-3 fats and Vitamin B3 (niacin), offering double protection against cognitive decline. These foods also provide a good source of the antioxidant nutrient Vitamin E. Vitamin E works against oxidative damage of the fat components of organs and tissues (such as the brain).

Fruits and Vegetables
Nutrients found in fruits, such as cranberries, blueberries, strawberries and grape juice, may help preserve cognitive function and improve working memory. They are anti-oxidant rich, protecting the brain from free radical damage. Berries are a good source of potassium, folate, riboflavin, Vitamin B6, magnesium and copper, all important nutrients for brain health. Eat more spinach (and sea vegetables like kelp) to lessen brain damage from strokes and other neurological disorders. Potatoes are a great source of carbohydrates, necessary for energy as the brain operates almost exclusively on glucose (broken down from carbohydrates). Potatoes are full of Vitamin B6. Vitamin B6 is necessary to produce a class of neurotransmitters that influence behavior, such as serotonin.

Whole Grains and Milk
Consume magnesium-rich whole grains, such as quinoa, barley and brown rice. Magnesium helps relax blood vessels, playing a role in preventing the constriction and dilation associated with migraine headaches. Increased intake of magnesium may reduce the frequency of both tension and migraine headaches. Quinoa (as well as skim milk) is also a good source of riboflavin (Vitamin B2), which helps convert food to energy within cells. Another role of Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) is to increase blood flow to brain cells.

Tallest Girl of Brazil

It's hard standing out from the crowd when you are a teenager but few schoolchildren can claim to be more visible than Elisany Silva. The 14-year-old measures an unbelievable 6ft 9in tall, making her one of the biggest teenagers in the world.
The pretty youngster is believed to be suffering from a rare disease which has caused her extreme growth.




Elisany Silva towers over her friends as they play on the beach in Braganca in the Brazilian Amazon state of Para. The 14-year-old cannot attend school because at 6ft 9in tall she is too big to sit on the bus



Speaking from her home in the Brazilian Amazon state of Para, Elisany told a local television station how she was unable to go to school because she could not sit properly on the bus.
She added: 'It's hard when I'm inside home. I get distracted and hit the wood in the ceiling with my head.
Elisany lives in a small house with her sisters and mother Ana Maria Silva and step-father Luiz Jorge.



Her mother said: 'I want her to stop growing up, to be like the other girls because I know she feels weird and sometimes wants to be like them.'
A medical expert who was given details of her condition in Brazil without examining her said Elisany could be in danger of health problems.
He said he believed she was suffering from gigantism, in which the body produces excessive amounts of growth hormones.

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55ft. snake

A photograph purporting to show a 55ft snake found in a forest in China has become an internet sensation. It was originally posted in a thread on the website of the People’s Daily, the official Communist Party newspaper in China. The thread claimed the snake was one of two enormous boas found by workers clearing forest for a new road outside Guping city, Jiangxi province.

They apparently woke up the sleeping snakes during attempts to bulldoze a huge mound of earth. “On the third dig, the operator found there was blood amongst the soil, and with a further dig, a dying snake appeared,” said the post. “At the same time, another gold coloured giant boa appeared with its mouth wide open. The driver was paralysed with fear, while the other workers ran for their lives.

“By the time the workers came back, the wounded boa had died, while the other snake had disappeared. The bulldozer operator was so sick that he couldn’t even stand up.” The post claimed that the digger driver was so traumatised that he suffered a heart attack on his way to hospital and later died. The dead snake was 55ft (16.7m) long, weighed 300kg and was estimated to be 140 years old, according to the post.

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