Diet 4 Exams: Boost your Body and Brain

Boost your brain and body for next exams

There are many ways to pass an exam, mainly you have to have a fixed and good routine in order to study and do the homework throughout the academic year daily or at least from Monday to Friday. 

In addition to these study habits we can add another asset to pass our exams, so we have to follow a healthy nutritious diet to boos our mind too. We have to pass also the test of healthy meals and food instead of coffee and junk food.

The better the fuel your brain gets, the better you’ll study. It’s a…well…no-brainer.

These are 10 tips to a healthy diet to pass our tests:

1-Daily intake of vitamins and minerals, such as iron and B vitamins in leafy food such as spinach, asparagus, carrots, pepper, cereals, red meat, eggs and nuts.

2-Eat at regular intervals. Eating regular meals helps keep nutrient and energy levels more stable avoiding the temptation of empty-calorie snacks in the vending machine.

3-Eat 5 or 6 well balanced small meals during the day because big meals can produce drowsiness and tiredness because our body concentrates in the digestion of big meals for hours and this produces our brains to work slowly.

4-Have an splendid breakfast, your new study mate. The idea is to get some protein, calcium, fibre and a piece of fruit or a vegetable in there. So, a bowl of cereal with milk and a piece of fruit would do the trick. Or try a cereal bar with milk with some proteins and fat such as ham.

5-Go bananas. Fruit ranks high among the best foods you can eat for your brain. Blueberries (which can be bought frozen in bags) get a lot of attention because they contain powerful antioxidants and other nutrients. The natural sugars in fruit offer clean energy, so you don’t experience the crash that follows consumption of refined sugar.

6- Eat dark colour vegetables because the darker the color, the higher the concentration of nutrients. For example, spinach has more to offer the mind and body than iceberg lettuce. 

7-Smart snacks bites while you are studying and you may find that you retain more. Try to get two food groups into your snacks to balance the nutrients and keep your blood-sugar level stable.

8-Gather simple recipes for nourishing foods. It’s easy to feed the brain well with simpler, raw or partly cooked meals rather than deeply cooked meals that also steal away a lot of your precious time in these hectic exam periods. For example try scrambled eggs with toast, cheese or salsa, sandwiches or Mexican quesadillas, adding whatever veggies you’ve got on hand.

10-Eat fats too in oily fish, peanut butter, avocados or cured ham and cheeses. Our brain also needs fats to work better more dynamic and fast. 

10-Stay well hydrated. Choose your beverages well, though. Caffeine and sugar should be kept to a mínimum of 2 or 3 cups per day. Better choices include water, fruit juice, milk, and anti-oxidant-rich green tea.

Good luck!