Walnut kernel is a traditional brain-nourishing food in China. From the appearance of walnut kernel, just like human brain, it has wrinkles, grooves and tendons. Chinese medicine believes that walnuts are sweet and have the functions of nourishing liver and kidney, strengthening tendons and bones. Because the kidney stores essence, essence produces marrow, and marrow nourishes the brain, eating walnuts often can strengthen the brain.
When children are 2-3 years old, the brain weight is equivalent to 2/3 of that of adults, and it reaches 90% of that of adults at the age of 7. The physiological changes of the brain bring about the rapid development of brain intelligence, so it is particularly important to pay attention to brain tonic in childhood. In order to make the brain develop healthily, the first nutrient to be considered is lipids. To fully absorb unsaturated fatty acids, unsaturated fatty acids can not only improve the material structure of the brain, but also strengthen nerve function. Walnut kernel contains a lot of unsaturated fatty acids, as well as other brain-nourishing ingredients, such as phosphorus 386 mg/ 100 g, calcium 93 mg/ 100 g, iron and other minerals and vitamins.
Although walnuts make up the brain, they should not be eaten more; Eating too much will lead to slippery bowel movements. According to research, it is better for everyone to eat 2 walnuts a day. Walnuts can be eaten raw or burned, and they are astringent. To burn, you can put dried walnuts on the fire to scorch the shell and eat nuts. In addition, there are many ways to eat, such as roasting, frying and frying. Walnut kernels that have been shelled must be heated before eating. Pay attention to the heat when cooking, don't overdo it; You can also mix some brown sugar when cooking, which is not only delicious, but also beneficial to eating and digestion. Nantang, which is made of sesame or peanut kernel and walnut kernel, is a traditional food in China. Sweet and delicious, it can also strengthen the brain and body, which is worth eating by children.
Eating onions and garlic often can nourish the brain.
Scientists have recently discovered that eating onions and garlic regularly can reduce blood fat, blood sugar and blood pressure, and also has the function of strengthening the brain. The energy needed for human brain activity is provided by glucose, and the conversion of glucose into energy is inseparable from the role of vitamins. That is to say, if there is only glucose without vitamins, glucose cannot be converted into energy for the brain to use. On the contrary, acidic substances produced by sugar metabolism will be deposited in the brain, which will affect the normal function of the brain. Experts found that as long as garlic and a little vitamin are put together, a substance called alliin can be produced, and alliin can not only enhance vitamin B 1, but also help prevent dizziness caused by hypertension, because onion garlic contains a component called prostaglandin A. If you eat onion garlic regularly, the accumulated prostaglandin A will relax small blood vessels and promote blood circulation.
Foreign scholars also have experiments to prove that paying attention to eating more onions and garlic will keep the brain flexible and even more active. Experts believe that mental workers should eat more onions and garlic.
Iodine is indispensable to children's intelligence.
Medical research shows that pregnant women who consciously supplement iodine can obviously improve their children's intellectual development after birth. Someone made an interesting comparative observation and research. One group is children who have taken iodine supplements during pregnancy. The other group has not been repaired yet. Although the age, weight, living environment and parents' cultural quality of the two groups of children are basically the same, the children who take iodine supplements during pregnancy are not only physically strong, but also have significantly higher IQ than the children who do not take iodine supplements in the control group.
Why can pregnant women supplement iodine to enhance their children's intelligence? It turns out that when the fetus is in the critical period of brain development for 3 to 5 months, it must rely on the mother's sufficient thyroxine. If the mother lacks iodine at this time, it will lead to insufficient synthesis of fetal thyroxine, which will seriously affect the normal development of fetal brain. If the iodine deficiency is too large and the iodine deficiency period is long, even if the child takes enough iodine after birth, it is difficult to recover and improve the damage caused by iodine deficiency in the mother's body, which is prone to congenital mental retardation.
There are many ways to supplement iodine during pregnancy. As long as you eat more foods with high iodine content, it will be effective. The most acceptable are cheap iodized salt and kelp. In addition, laver, Nostoc flagelliforme, mussel, cuttlefish, jellyfish, clam, marine fish and shrimp are also high iodine foods. Regular arrangement of these seafood in pregnant women's diet can ensure that more than 0.115mg of iodine can be obtained every day during pregnancy.
Zinc deficiency can lead to mental damage in children.
According to the survey, about 30% of children in China have different degrees of zinc deficiency, but most of them are mild zinc malnutrition. Mild zinc deficiency is less harmful to children's intellectual development, and the intellectual damage is often not obvious, which is easy to be ignored, but it is still a major obstacle to children's intellectual development. Why does zinc deficiency affect children's intellectual development?
The reason is that zinc is an essential trace element for human body. Among the enzymes involved in substance metabolism in human body, 200 are zinc-containing enzymes. Through the action of these enzymes, zinc affects the synthesis and metabolism of human genetic material and protein. When zinc is deficient, not only the growth and development, immune function, taste and vision of human body will be damaged to varying degrees, but also the structural and functional development of human nervous system will be hindered. In animal experiments, the offspring of zinc-deficient mothers have poor memory, decreased learning ability and decreased activities. Among school-age children, the IQ level of children with zinc deficiency is significantly lower than that of children with good zinc nutrition. More importantly, in the critical period of human intelligence development, the damage of zinc deficiency to the brain is irreversible.
Foods rich in acetaminophen can improve children's intelligence.
In recent years, scientists in many countries have studied the relationship between children's intellectual development and food nutrition. A large number of experiments show that foods rich in acetaminophen are beneficial to improve children's intelligence.
Ethoxycholine has an exciting effect on the brain, which contributes to the conduction function of the cranial nerves and improves people's memory. Oral choline can increase the concentration of acetaminophen in brain tissue, thus improving the conditioned reflex function of the brain.
Egg yolk, fish, meat, soybeans and liver are all rich in ethanol. After these foods enter the human body, the choline contained in them can be directly absorbed by the brain from the blood and converted into ethanol in the brain. Especially egg yolk, which contains more lecithin, can release more choline after decomposition. Therefore, it is best for children to eat some egg yolk, meat, beans and other foods every day, which is conducive to the development of intelligence.
Highly unsaturated fatty acids are essential nutrients for infant brain development, and brain cells are the material basis of thinking activities. Their lack will seriously affect children's intelligence. Therefore, from the mother's pregnancy to the age of 3, it is necessary to ensure that the children's brain cells are adequately nourished in order to develop well. Scientific research has proved that the development of human brain is most sensitive to the lack of nutrition in fetal period. If malnutrition, the number of brain cells is only 82% of normal brain cells; If malnutrition occurs before and after birth, the total number of brain cells is only 40% of normal brain cells. The damage caused by insufficient nutrition during this period is irreversible.
A large number of scientific experiments in the international biochemical and medical fields have proved that highly unsaturated fatty acids are "essential nutrients" for the development of brain nerve cells.
Highly unsaturated fatty acids cannot be synthesized in the human body and can only be supplied through diet. Therefore, during pregnancy and lactation, mothers must consume enough highly unsaturated fatty acids to meet the needs of children's brain cell development. In addition to breast milk, complementary foods for infants and weaned foods should also be rich in high unsaturated fatty acids, otherwise it will seriously affect the development of children's cranial nerves and cause endless future troubles.
Highly unsaturated fatty acids are high in deep-sea fish, carnivore fat and wild vegetables, but low in animal and plant fat cultivated by rapid means. At present, the diet structure of China residents tends to be refined and westernized. Although the high-protein and high-calorie diet makes the human body have some surplus nutrients, the intake of unsaturated fatty acids is less. This is the direct reason why there are more and more children with low IQ. Therefore, improve the unreasonable diet nutrition structure. It is very necessary to supplement the deficiency of high unsaturated fatty acids in food.
Alkaline food is good for children's brains.
The basis of health is food and exercise. Similarly, the most critical factors for mental health are food and exercise. But food can help the activity of the brain and improve its structure and function. Therefore, food is more important than exercise.
Young parents want their children to have a smart mind, but many parents often hurt their children's brains intentionally or unintentionally in their diet, and they often don't know enough about the "acidic food" that is harmful to the brain.
Normal blood pH is 7.35, which is weakly alkaline. However, living in modern society, many people are eating a lot of acidic food, which makes body fluids such as blood acidic, and "acidic constitution" is easy to cause diseases.
When it comes to "acidic food", people will associate it with "sour taste". This is not right. The so-called acidic food refers to the food containing phosphorus, sulfur and chlorine, which can form acid in the body. It is called acidic food, such as cereals (rice and flour), meat (cattle, pigs and chickens), fish and shellfish (Gan Qing roe, oysters and abalone), egg yolk and beer.
And foods containing sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium. That is, the body is alkaline, such as vegetables, milk, fruits, etc. , known as alkaline food. Children and adolescents are in the growing period, so we should pay more attention to the preparation of alkaline food and acidic food, because the important components of "alkaline food" such as calcium, sodium, potassium and magnesium are the four elements necessary for human sports and brain activities. Lack of these components, especially calcium, will directly affect the brain and nerve function, cause the decline of memory and thinking ability, and even lead to neurasthenia and other diseases. Therefore, some medical experts at home and abroad believe that consciously re-understanding people's diet life is the first step towards a scientific diet.
In order to improve children's intelligence and health, on the premise of ensuring the intake of important nutritional elements such as protein and structural fat, the following alkaline foods can be eaten: kelp, mushrooms, spinach, soybeans, chestnuts, bananas, green taro, adzuki beans, carrots, rape, lilies, strawberries, potatoes, kale, radishes, pumpkins, bamboo shoots, orange juice, apples, egg whites, persimmons and so on.
White sugar is a typical acidic food, and eating too much sugar before meals is especially harmful. This is because excess sugar in the body will raise blood sugar, and you will feel full and full. Long-term consumption of large amounts of white sugar will cause brain dysfunction. So in order to protect children's intelligence, try not to eat too delicate food, including white sugar and cake drinks made of white sugar.
On the other hand, brown sugar can improve brain function. Because the calcium content of brown sugar is 293∶2 compared with white sugar, eating white sugar for a long time can easily lead to acidosis. In order to maintain the life of the body, calcium in teeth and bones has to be used to maintain neutralization, which makes teeth and bones fragile and children vulnerable. If you are a child who likes sweets, the amount of white sugar should not exceed 20 grams at most every day, and you can use brown sugar, honey and sweet potato instead.
At present, the recognized brain-nourishing products are plums, seaweed, garlic and tea. The characteristic of these foods is that they are not drugs, but nutrients without side effects, and the products of these foods are beneficial to the body and concentrated essence. So the effect is remarkable. Especially for those children who are picky eaters, it is an ideal healthy brain food.
Mei Mei is the king of alkaline food, and it is an indispensable food to purify acidic body fluids and fundamentally enhance physical fitness. Plums are rich in citric acid, which can promote the absorption of calcium. Plum also contains a lot of manganic acid, which has the effect of calming the nerves and clearing the brain. Therefore, salted plum and "plum essence" extracted from salted plum essence are of great benefit to people who are extremely nervous about their studies.
Algae refers to Ulva, green laver, dried laver, Black Sea Belt, pure kelp, kelp, seaweed and so on. Seaweed is rich in minerals such as calcium, sodium, magnesium, iron and iodine, and also contains a lot of carotene (vitamin A) and various B vitamins. Its alkalinity is very strong, which is more than several times that of ordinary vegetables, and the effect of neutralizing acidic foods is excellent. It not only has the functions of lowering blood pressure, preventing arteriosclerosis and promoting fat absorption, but also is a brain-nourishing food and an important nutrient source with remarkable effect. However, seaweed is unpalatable and difficult to digest and absorb. After years of research, Japan extracted the main components from various seaweeds and made the granular food "seaweed essence". Not only delicious, but also has the effect of fitness and beauty.
Peanut Peanut is rich in nutrition. Nutritionists regard it as "plant meat". In a sense, it is more beneficial to human body than meat. Chinese medicine believes that peanut cooked food is fragrant, soothing the liver and strengthening the spleen, and regulating appetite. Anyone who has disharmony between the spleen and stomach, poor qi movement, loss of appetite, and full stomach is treated with peanuts. Because its calcium content per kilogram can reach 124 mg, it is especially necessary for the elderly, children and pregnant women. Fat-soluble vitamin E in peanuts is closely related to fertility and longevity. Lecithin and cephalin are important substances needed by the nervous system, which can be smart and strong and delay the decline of brain function. According to the physiological research and clinical application at home and abroad, it is considered that peanut has the functions of lowering blood pressure, stopping bleeding and lowering cholesterol. Especially the thin red coat on the outside of peanuts is an effective hemostatic agent.
Soybean, also known as soybean, has extremely high nutritional value, with an average protein content of 40%, fat 19% ~ 29% and carbohydrate content of 25%. Protein contains all kinds of amino acids necessary for human body, and it is composed in a certain proportion, which is equivalent to animal protein in quantity and quality. Its medicinal value is also high. Because of the high phosphorus content in soybean, it is very beneficial to the brain and nerves, and it is beneficial for people with neurasthenia and physical weakness to eat it regularly. Experiments show that soybeans can lower cholesterol. People with high cholesterol and arteriosclerosis should often eat soybeans.
Japonica rice is hard and sticky, hence the name. The taste is sweet and flat, and the function supplements the spleen and stomach. If the elderly have diarrhea, you can fry japonica rice and grind it into powder, 3 ~ 6 grams each time, 3 times a day.
Mung bean Mung bean is rich in protein, mainly globulin, methionine, tryptophan and tyrosine. Phospholipids include phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylserine and phosphatidic acid. These substances have the functions of supplementing brain cell nutrition, improving brain metabolism, exciting nerves and stimulating appetite. And it is necessary for the nutrition of many important organs of the body. In addition, mung beans contain a small amount of calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene, riboflavin, thiamine, nicotinic acid and other ingredients.
Yam Yam is a good and cheap tonic, formerly known as yam. Its taste is sweet, neither cold nor dry. It can be used for cooking, cooking or making snacks, all of which are very sweet. It can be described as a tonic with good color and fragrance.
Auricularia auricula, also known as tremella, is born because of its attached wood. It is as white as silver and looks like a human ear, hence its name. Has the effects of moistening lung, promoting fluid production, nourishing yin and stomach, invigorating qi and nourishing blood, and strengthening brain and heart. If tremella is stewed with hens or lean pork, people who are weak and sick can recover quickly if they eat it regularly. Tremella fuciformis also has anticancer effect, so people pay more attention to it in recent years. If you suffer from neurasthenia, you can soak 5 grams of tremella in proper amount of water for one night, then add 10 jujube, put it in a cage, steam 1 hour, and add sugar to eat.
Longan Longan is also called longan. Meat tastes sweet and is loved by the public. Longan is sweet and warm, which can benefit the heart and spleen, replenish blood and qi, and calm the nerves. After experiments, longan pulp has certain anti-aging effect, because it can inhibit the activity of an enzyme that makes people aging. Longan can not only invigorate qi, but also replenish blood. Insomnia and fright caused by overthinking are best treated with longan.
Hawthorn hawthorn is also called red fruit. It is not only a delicious fruit, but also a Chinese medicine with extremely rich nutrition. Each kilogram of hawthorn contains C890 mg of vitamin C, which is second only to red dates and kiwis in fruits, ranking third and 17 times higher than that of apples. Hawthorn wild fruit and its processed products have the functions of removing stasis, resolving phlegm and detoxicating, promoting blood circulation, refreshing mind, clearing stomach and stimulating appetite, and have been highly valued by doctors since ancient times. It has obvious curative effect on more than ten diseases such as hypertension, coronary heart disease and diabetes. If you take hawthorn tablets 1.5 ~ 30g, take it with boiling water, and drink tea once a day 1 time, it can dilate cerebral vessels, reduce blood viscosity, improve cerebral blood circulation and increase oxygen supply to brain tissue, which is beneficial to cerebral arteriosclerosis. If hawthorn, honeysuckle and chrysanthemum are decocted in water, once a day/kloc-0, it can lower blood pressure, reduce blood lipid and improve atherosclerotic lesions. As can be seen from the above, eating hawthorn regularly can enhance and regulate myocardial function and has obvious curative effect on cardiovascular diseases. In addition, hawthorn contains flavonoids, which is a strong anti-cancer drug component, and the elderly can prolong their life if they eat it regularly.
Apples are rich in nutrition and sweet in juice, which can be bought all year round, so they are often used as primary fruits in patients' complementary food. Apple is cool and sweet, and it has the effects of promoting fluid production to quench thirst, moistening lung to eliminate diseases, relieving summer heat and appetizing, and sobering up. It is characterized by nourishing the brain and blood, moistening the lung and invigorating the stomach, sleeping and nourishing the mind, nourishing the middle warmer, preventing food stagnation and sterilizing, and has the effects of neutralizing hyperacidity and promoting kidney secretion. Apples can treat hypertension because they contain potassium. In addition, apples have a good antidiarrheal effect on mild diarrhea, and also have a laxative effect, which can treat constipation.
Porphyra has high protein content, low fat content and high carbohydrate content. It also contains vitamins A and B, calcium, carotene, thiamine, nicotinic acid and iodine. Porphyra can increase people's memory, because it is rich in choline, which is an indispensable chemical for nerve cells to transmit information. Eating laver regularly can improve memory loss.
MSG MSG contains glutamic acid, which is an amino acid needed by human body. 96% of glutamic acid in monosodium glutamate can be absorbed by human body and form protein in human tissues. Glutamate can combine with huge ammonia to form nontoxic glutamate amine. Therefore, it can prevent or treat hepatic coma, participate in the metabolism of protein and glucose in human brain, and improve the function of nervous system, so it also has an auxiliary treatment effect on brain hypoplasia, epilepsy and other diseases. Adding monosodium glutamate to cooking food can increase the flavor of food and stimulate appetite.
Litchi Litchi can strengthen the brain and improve intelligence. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that litchi is sour and warm, warms spleen essence, nourishes liver blood, and essence blood is the material basis of nerve, so litchi can strengthen brain and improve intelligence.
Black Sesame Black Sesame contains high-quality protein fat oil, vitamin E, vitamin B 1, vitamin B2, and nutrients such as calcium, phosphorus and iron. Its fatty oil is mostly unsaturated fatty acid, which is an important substance that constitutes brain cells. Regular consumption can delay the decline of brain function and improve memory.
The book "Seeking Materia Medica" says that it can "eliminate dizziness, benefit the brain and marrow, and be suitable for the elderly to resolve phlegm and relieve asthma". Regular consumption is good for the brain and intelligence.
Lotus seeds are sweet and astringent, have a flat nature, benefit the heart and spleen, improve intelligence and soothe the nerves, and are most suitable for people with excessive brain, forgetfulness and insomnia.
In the Diet Spectrum of Interesting Life, human milk said: human milk can "replenish blood, replenish fluid, replenish essence, transform qi, promote granulation, soothe the nerves, improve intelligence and improve eyesight"; "Han Yi Tong" also said: human milk "benefits the heart and strengthens the brain", and human milk is sweet and salty, which can nourish the heart and strengthen the brain.
Carp Carp is a good brain tonic, because it contains rich DHA, which plays an extremely important role in the growth and development of brain cells, especially brain nerve conduction and synapses.
Mandarin fish is flat and sweet. Has the effects of invigorating qi and blood and benefiting spleen and stomach. It is suitable for deficiency of both qi and blood, mental fatigue and loss of appetite. It is the top grade of fish and a good product for keeping fit. A regular diet makes people smart and healthy.
Pig brain Pig brain is the brain of a pig, which contains a lot of protein, fat, sugar, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin B 1, vitamin B2 and so on. The ratio of calcium to phosphorus is 1: 2.3, which is an ideal nutritious food. Chinese medicine believes that pig brain is sweet in taste and cold in nature, which has the functions of replenishing bone marrow, strengthening brain and benefiting fatigue, and is suitable for neurasthenia, headache, dizziness and dizziness.
Celery celery contains protein, fat, sugar, vitamin A, vitamin B 1, vitamin C, vitamin P, phosphorus, iron and other minerals, especially P vitamins. Chinese medicine believes that celery is cool and sweet, which has the effects of invigorating stomach, lowering blood pressure, waking up and strengthening brain, and is suitable for people with hypertension and anorexia.
Wheat bran "Medicinal Spectrum Test" said: "Wheat bran contains a kind of live wheat, which can soothe the nerves, remove heat, relieve annoyance, moisten the viscera and soothe the nerves."
Honey honey has the effects of nourishing qi and blood, nourishing brain and strengthening body. Long-term use can enhance brain power, promote growth and development, metabolism and energy. It is a nutritional tonic that can enhance people's vitality.
The content of protein, fat, calcium and iron in day lily is five times that of spinach, and the content of vitamin B 1 is also very high, so it is called "brain-nourishing dish".
Eggs contain a lot of protein, fat, inorganic salts and vitamins, which are indispensable nutrients for brain metabolism, and its ethoxycholine is necessary for the brain to complete memory. Therefore, it is best to eat an egg for breakfast every day, which can not only improve the quality of breakfast, make the whole morning full of energy, but also strengthen the body and strengthen the brain.
Garlic Garlic and vitamin B 1 can produce a substance called alliin, which has the same or even stronger effect as vitamin B 1. Eating raw garlic properly is good for brain function.
Millet Millet contains more nutrients such as protein, fat, calcium, iron, vitamin B 1, and is a staple food for strengthening the brain.
Tea has always been regarded as a product to prolong life, and one of its main functions is to refresh the mind. "If you lie high in the north window and snore like thunder, who will send vanilla for dreams?" This is an elegant sentence in Lu You's poem Tea, which shows that tea has refreshing effect. Bai Juyi, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, once praised the refreshing effect of tea with the poem "See tea after sleeping".
Tea is refreshing because it contains caffeine that can excite the central nervous system.
In addition to the obvious brain-nourishing effects of the above foods, there are many foods that have different degrees of effects. For example, eating onions and garlic regularly can keep the brain flexible and even more active. Experts also pointed out that in order to make the brain smart, people should eat a lot of natural wild animals and plants, because natural plants and wild animals contain a lot of natural nutrients such as minerals, vitamins, lipids, protein and sugars, which keep the natural balance. However, most artificially produced foods are cultivated and raised under unnatural conditions, and the nutritional balance is often destroyed. Moreover, the nutrients necessary for brain growth and development are also lost in the process of processing food.
Children can often take the following brain-nourishing and intelligence-improving medicated diets.
Medicinal diet is an important part of Chinese medicine. Under the guidance of TCM theory, food and medicine are combined to become delicious food and medicine. Take medicine as food, take food as medicine, take medicine as taste, take medicine as strength, and cooperate with each other, so as to achieve the functions of preventing and treating diseases and prolonging life. Commonly used medicated diets include medicated porridge, medicated soup, medicated diet, rice flour food, etc. This medicated diet has dual effects of medication and dietotherapy. There are also medicated drinks and freshly squeezed fruit juices of plants and fruits, which can be drunk as easily as tea. Medicinal liquor is also a kind of medicated diet, which can dredge blood vessels, activate meridians, dispel cold and play the role of medicine tonic. However, people with poor liver and kidney function or unable to drink alcohol should not use it. & lt/p & gt；