 All right. Hey, I've got five amazing foods your brain will love and one it probably isn't going to love Now it's true that there's an amazing connection between the food you eat and your brain health So today I'm going to share five amazing foods your brain will love And one they probably isn't going to love many of them probably already have in your kitchen All right first up the blackberries Leave it or not blackberries have far more polyphenol content than blueberries. And yes, it's true that blueberries have Really nice polyphenols and studies in America have shown that eating blueberries increases the amount of polyphenol substances in your blood, but to bang through your butt Blackberries have far more polyphenols than blueberries and they have a much more sugar content and And then almost all of us now know sugar is one of the biggest enemies for your brain health Now how do polyphenols support brain health? Well, there's also there's actually multiple mechanisms, but one of the things that I stress in Unlocking a key to code is that polyphenols actually make mitochondria in your brain healthier and more stimulated and Uncoupled and today we're not going to talk about a coupling mitochondria But quite frankly the more you uncoupled the mitochondria and neurons in your brain That healthier your neurons will work and the better your brain will be Now wait a minute. I think I thought we weren't supposed to eat fruit Well, you're not supposed to eat fruit that isn't in season but when you eat fruit you want to look for the highest polyphenol content fruit and That's blackberries, but please just like everything else eat these in season and eat organic blackberries All right Basil seeds now most people think that chia seeds are great for brain health That's because chia seeds contain a short chain omega-3 fat Yeah Don't get me wrong. I'm a big fan of short chain omega-3 fats And I write a lot about them in unlocking the keto code, but here's the deal your brain Does not contain short chain omega-3 fats your brain contains Long chain omega-3 fats primarily DHA EPA and DPA These are all long chain fats we lack the enzymes to connect short chain omega-3 fats and Make them long chain omega-3 fats. We're basically not fish so the idea to eat chia seeds to improve your brain health is quite frankly a Misconception in fact as I've written about in my books research shows that eating chia seeds actually increases a marker of inflammation C-reactive protein And the last thing you want for brain health is Inflammation in fact as I write about in unlocking the keto code neuro inflammation is one of the biggest factors in cognitive decline So my advice ditch the chia seeds Use basil seeds instead because basil seeds will give you the fiber that you're looking for But it'll also give you a great kick of polyphenols, which will help your brain unlike chia seeds Number three coffee and espresso. So coffee is a great source of polyphenol Studies have shown that people who drink up to five cups of black coffee a day Have dramatically reduced Parkinson's and dimension that people who don't drink that much coffee Polyphenols and coffee are great for improving brain health through mechanisms that I talked about previously Here's the rug unfortunately adding milk or creamed to your coffee Binds the polyphenols so that they're no longer available to you to use That's why interestingly enough tea also has a number of great polyphenols for your brain The British use tea, but they put milk in their tea the Japanese and Chinese drink tea But they don't put milk in their tea It's only the Chinese and Japanese who get the benefit of drinking tea The British lose that benefit because they put milk in their tea So the next time you're looking for that coffee creamer or the milk cream to put in your coffee Because you heard Dr. Country tell you how great coffee is for you You just negated that coffee Ability to help you because you haven't that No product. Sorry about that Number four dark chocolate now believe it or not I eat dark dark chocolate every day usually 85% to 90% Why first of all chocolate is loaded with polyphenols Interestingly enough studies done by the Mars corporation. Yes the Mars candy bar corporation show that Cacao base polyphenols Dramatically improved brain function. In fact, there are several supplements available That contain cacao polyphenols that have actually been shown to improve memory I take one myself So Chocolate is great for your brain But remember more bitter more better More bitter means the more polyphenols So look for chocolate that's got at least 72% cacao Also look for chocolate that doesn't have any milk added to it same reason Adding milk to chocolate Totally binds the polyphenols and chocolate. So that's why unfortunately milk chocolate is useless for Also, if you're looking for chocolate avoid Dutch or Alkaline chocolate Dutching was discovered as a way of taking the bitterness out of chocolate And as you might guess the Dutch develop this technique and it adds alpha like a good cop So if you see Dutch chocolate or alcoholic chocolate Throw it away. It has none of the health benefits fine We're getting chocolate products that have stevia like lilies Allulose or month fruit as the sweetener so you can really dramatically reduce the sugar content in chocolate and in fact I had no relationship with the company last night I had a 85% piece of lilies dark chocolate as my chocolate of the night So these things are available. They really help your break out Number five eggs Now just not just any eggs what you're looking for is pastured or omega-3 eggs Many people including several of my friends in neurology be furthered them as a cognitive Multivirus now, this is a very controversial area and I won't go into all the controversy But eggs contain lots of vitamin D12 They do contain short chain omega-3 fatty acids, but not long chain some of the omega-3 eggs do have a healthy dose of Dha and if you're looking on the label look for Dha on your omega-3 eggs They are available. They also contain Choline Choline is an essential compound for your brain But before we jump on the choline bandwagon Remember that many of us have gut bacteria that convert cold into a compound called EMAO that I've written extensively about that may actually impair Vascular health Some of us made these bacteria some of us don't have these bacteria, but so Choline is a mixed bag Just remember that many of us who take Choline supplements Thinking that we're going to prove our brain health a action be hurting our brain health and I Unfortunately measure them in measure this in my patients and we could see the effect in some patients of Choline and eggs and supplements actually increasing their TMAO So if you want to experiment with eggs as a source of Choline Ask your doctor to run a TMAO test on you before and after and see what happens Don't overdo eggs be careful because of this fact and again make sure the pasture raised for omega-3 How many eggs quite frankly I rarely eat eggs anymore particularly in the United States I eat them in Italy and sometimes in France when I know where the chicken came from but Eggs are not the most beneficial thing if Choline is a problem for you Make sure to check out the next one here better known as roundup It does not appear on the label because the FDA says it's perfectly safe Don't believe it for a minute. It's one of your leading health Killers that you're eating almost every day