Seven Low-Budget Foods That Help Power Up Your Brain As You Age

Add these essential food sources into our diet to keep your brain healthy and ticking along as we age.

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Researchers say that our brains begin to take a downward spiral & shrink as we age.

Those easily accessible memories or snippets of information we could instantly recall in our youth begin to falter as our age increases.

It’s not all our fault, though. Our brain needs a lot of fuel to do its job well, and studies have indicated that our brains require about 20% of daily calories.

I wonder if that also includes studying for exams (which I’m doing now). No wonder we get the munchies!

If you want to keep your brain and body sharp, which leads to a life with intention and joy, then you should consider adding the following foods to your dietary plan.

One: Drink coffee and tea — especially Green tea

Technically tea and coffee are not exactly food, but the brain-sharpening benefits are hard to ignore.

Most of us use coffee and tea to…