The 5 foods that help improve intelligence

Maintaining a balanced, natural and healthy diet is already a trend among people who want to achieve a better quality of life.

TOfoods to increase intelligence

Everyday foods such as beets, Iberian ham or some types of blue fish are a source of substances that help us increase the quality of our neural connections.

If in a previous article in Psychology and Mind we offered you a list of 5 tricks to increase your intelligenceToday we have prepared another similar list: five foods that help increase intelligence. Thus, the consumption of junk food has been decreasing in favor of the traditional Mediterranean diet, whose nutritional contribution is clearly superior. The set of foods that make up the Mediterranean diet contribute to improving health levels and give us more vitality and energy. The funny thing is that consuming these products can help us increase intelligence.

The cooking and health blog "Cooking ideas" has compiled a list of five foods that provide us with essential nutrients such as iodine, omega 3 acid, zinc, monophosphate or choline, which help to increase the quality of neuronal connections, thus helping a better general brain function. If you are already a regular consumer of these foods, you are in luck. If, on the other hand, they are not yet part of your daily intake,

Now is the time to put them on your list!

1. Blue fish

With a good source of omega 3 fatty acidEating oily fish can help you increase your IQ up to 3.5 points; a not inconsiderable figure. Salmon, tuna, sardines or eels are some of the blue fish that we consume the most and that should not be missing in any usual diet, on all if our objective is to maintain or increase our intellectual capacities and the performance of our brain.

2. Iodized salt

A recent investigation of the National Agency for Economic Investigations The US has concluded that the introduction in 1923 of the iodized salt in the United States led to a progressive improvement in I.Q of citizens, which rose to 3.5 points on average. In another region of the world, specifically in Pakistan, a state food plan called "The Micronutrient Initative" managed to increase the average intelligence of citizens in more than 12 average points, only with the effect of the introduction of iodine in the salt. In fact, the same study found that the absence of iodine in the diet of pregnant women alters the cognitive development of the fetus, preventing optimal levels of neuronal quality from being reached.

3. The eggs

The hill (a nutrient that is usually grouped with the B vitamins) is present in the farm eggs that we consume in different ways. It has the ability to strengthen the interneuronal nerve connections, responsible for activating the transmission of emotions memories or ideas. An investigation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) affirms that its routine consumption during the period of thirty days is capable of producing a noticeable increase in our cognitive abilities.

4. Iberian ham

This is one of the most select foods in the Mediterranean diet and one of the most popular, it contains zinc, a mineral that, among other functions, helps us increase the quality of neural connections, thus increasing mental speed. However, the zinc concentration in ham is moderate, and it will be necessary to consume other foods (lamb, oyster or wheat germ) to obtain the recommended daily allowance by the nutritionists. Anyway, that these lines serve to encourage the consumption of a good slices of ham, since it is a food as rich for the brain as it is for the palate.

5. Beet

This vegetable contains uridine monophosphate, which, in the same way as choline, iodine and omega 3 fatty acid, helps nerve cells interact more and better with each other, promoting the quality of our cognitive abilities. Another investigation by MIT It also revealed that mice that consumed this vegetable daily underwent biochemical changes in neuronal synapses, a fact that caused an increase in their intelligence.

Extra: Chia seeds

A food used by the Mayans and Aztecs. And it is not for less, since its properties are extraordinary and they go beyond improving our cognitive functions.

You can find out by reading this article: "10 benefits of chia seeds for your body and mind"