Nuts and seeds are good for healthier brain

Nuts and seeds are good for healthier brain

According to http://www.webmd.com/diet/guide/eat-smart-healthier-brain

Nuts and seeds are 'superfoods'. If you add whole grains to your daily diet, and you will increase your odds of maintaining a healthy brain for the rest of your life.

Nuts and seeds are good sources of vitamin E, says Steven Pratt, MD (author of Superfoods Rx: Fourteen Foods Proven to Change Your Life.) explaining that higher levels of vitamin E correspond with less cognitive decline as you get older.

Add an ounce (28.3495 grams) a day of walnuts, hazelnuts, Brazil nuts, filberts, almonds, cashews, peanuts, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, flax seed, and unhydrogenated nut butters such as peanut butter, almond butter, and tahini.

Raw or roasted doesn't matter, although if you're on a sodium-restricted diet, buy unsalted nuts.