Foods that Build and Drain the Brain

Finals are coming up  and I know that so many of you eat a lot of sugar, but sugar is proven to make learning harder and distracting.  Some foods help the brain work better, some foods drag down brain performance.  So when you study, you should try to stick to eating from the left hand side of the chart.

BRAIN BUILDERS	BRAIN DRAINERS
Avocados Bananas Beef, lean Brewer’s yeast Broccoli Brown rice Brussel sprouts Cantaloupe Cheese Chicken Collard greens Eggs Flaxseed oil Legumes Milk Oatmeal Oranges Peanut butter Peas Potatoes Romaine lettuce Salmon Soybeans Spinach Tuna Turkey Wheat germ Yogurt	Alcohol Artificial food colorings Artificial sweeteners Colas Corn syrup Frostings High-sugar “drinks” Hydrogenated fats Junk sugars Nicotine Overeating White bread