One thing that helps a great deal to for enhancing blood circulation and nerve health is to ensure that meals are as full of naturally coloured ingredients as possible. Providing a variety of colours has many benefits. The colours and their sources are: reds (tomatoes, carrots), greens (peas, beans), yellows (orange, sweet potato), purples (purple cabbage, grapes). Darker the colour the better!
Including such dark colored fruits and vegetables is one way of ensuring that meals are abundant in B vitamins that are required for aiding the efficient transmission of messages to the brain.
Zinc, Magnesium and other antioxidants necessary for the cognitive process and memory will be present in such foods. The much-maligned egg is rich in choline and lecithin — important nutrients for nerve health. Many egg-lovers have been off eggs for fear of bird flu. But adequate cooking kills the virus and poses negligible threat of infection. Vegetarians can substitute egg with soya products for similar benefits.
It should be evident that a single food cannot take care of all that goes into possessing a good memory. Besides food, the role of relaxing exercises cannot be underestimated. Exercise helps improve circulation, which has a crucial role in the memory process. Therefore exams or no exams, it is important to let the children get fresh air and exercise.
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