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nutrition this month id you know food can affect how well your brain functions? a growing amount of research suggests it can affect mood from nuts and oily fish to eggs and fruits and spokeswoman simone austin says "you can't eat a handful of walnuts one day and to look at your overall eating." simone says the evidence so far australian researchers found mediterranean-style brain processes information helps attention and deakin university researchers found older people who eat nuts did better in memory tests than seniors who didn't but research also shows the potentially damaging effects of unhealthy eating on our brain the hippocampus - which is key to learning memory and mental health - appears to be university food and mood centre director felice jacka reported "as the hippocampus is critical to learning and of the brain involved in mental health this study underscores the importance of good nutrition professor jacka said you are whap you eat nurturing the mind through diet can have a huge here is how to fill up on foods to help brain health fruits and vegetables "eat a rainbow.' are created by antioxidants that protect brain function," she says words sarah marinos omega-3 fats that are linked to better learning connections between brain synapses that support normal brain function have a small handful of unsalted nuts most days from nuts and oily fish to eggs and fruits the mediterranean diet seems to be best for our brain oily fish research has shown oily fish such linked to less chance of developing mild cognitive almost seven-fold increase in the risk of developing fish at least twice a week is carbohydrates from wholegrains that get broken "low glycaemic index carbohydrates produce a slow inflammation in the body and helps memory and ate an egg a day had better cognitive function than those who didn't eat eggs according to finnish research ways to start your day right fnsure your breakfast packs cescribec as he moslimoor anl meal of the day but mornings can be tricky short of time breakfast slide but it is not that hard to create something healthy desitians australia spokeswoman lisa donalcson says baked beans made from the legume - navy beans - the humble baked bean is full of fibre protein and antioxidants that can help lower the risk of high cholesterol heart disease and diabetes baked beans and have them with two slices of wholegrain toast for a quick and easy breakfast option water hydration is an essential part of healthy brain function with about 75 per cent of our brain's that are about 80 per cent water." simone says go green whip up a green omelet being told to eat our greens and there's a good reason for are an excellent source of iron and phytonutrients that boost your immune also lower the risk of eye diseases and keep your blood vessels healthy" exte01 zoicw-vo