Brain healthy foods | |
Green leafy vegetables | Cabbage, greens, lettuce |
Other vegetables | Green/red peppers, raw carrot, potato, peas or lima beans, tomatoes, tomato sauce, eggplant, onion, cucumber |
Berries | Strawberries (strawberry, cherries, fresh berries) |
Nuts | Walnuts, pistachios, hazelnuts, almonds, peanuts |
Whole grains | Dark bread (Iranian) |
Fish | Fish |
Beans | Beans, lentils, peas, chick pea, mung bean |
Poultry | Chicken |
Brain unhealthy foods | |
Butter, margarine | Butter, margarine, animal fats |
Cheese | Cheese |
Red meat and products | Red meat, hamburger, sausages |
Fast fried foods | French fries, pizza |
Pastries and sweets | Biscuit, cake, chocolate, ice cream, confections, cocoa, Gaz (an Iranian confectionery made of sugar, nuts and tamarisk), Gooshfil (an Iranian confectionery made of white flour and sugar) |