Eating for Your Brain

Feed your brain!

The following foods have a low glycemic index number. That means they gradually release glucose (sugar) into your blood stream. This minimizes blood sugar swings, helping to keep your energy level constant and optimize brainpower/mental focus.

Fruits apple apricot, canned apricot, dried banana banana, unripe cantaloupe cherries dates, dried   grapefruit grapes kiwi mango orange papaya peach pear pineapple plum raisins strawberries watermelon  Vegetables beets carrots, cooked carrot juice parsnips peas, dried peas, green potato, boiled, mashed, microwaved, instant or baked pumpkin rutabaga sweet corn sweet potato yam  Juices apple grapefruit orange pineapple Pasta brown rice pasta gnocchi linguine, durum macaroni macaroni and cheese spaghetti vermicelli  Sweets honey jelly beans Life Savers M&Ms Choc. Peanut Skittles Snickers  Cookies graham crackers oatmeal shortbread vanilla wafers  Beans baby lima baked black brown butter chickpeas kidney lentil navy pinto red lentils split peas soy		Grains barley brown rice buckwheat bulgur chickpeas corn corn chips cornmeal couscous hominy millet popcorn rice rye wheat, whole white rice  Cereals All Bran Bran Chex Cheerios Corn Bran Corn Chex Cornflakes Cream of Wheat Crispix Frosted Flakes Grapenuts Life Muesli NutriGrain Oatmeal Puffed Wheat Rice Bran Rice Chex Rice Krispies Shredded Wheat Special K Swiss Muesli Team Total  Breads bagel croissant kaiser roll pita pumpernickel rye rye, dark rye, whole white whole wheat waffles  Crackers Kavli Norwegian rice cakes rye saltine stoned wheat thins water crackers  Desserts angel food cake banana bread blueberry muffin bran muffin Danish fruit bread pound cake sponge cake  Dairy chocolate milk ice cream milk pudding soy milk yogurt