Almost always when we think we only eat food in as influences our physical, “Figure”, “image”, which “looks”, but without realizing that this is just one aspect and not the most important.

The influence of diet is much higher in the brain which may be in the picture. This body that only weighs about 1,500 grams (2-3% of body weight) is a complex tangle of neurons or nerve cells and electrical cables connected to each other by simple chemicals, neurotransmitters, whose mission is to convey a message nerve cell to another.

The brain weighs little and takes a lot (over 20% of the energy we eat). If we know we are what we eat, then the functioning of our brain also depends on what you eat. We can improve the health and functions of the brain through food.

The primary energy needed for the brain activity is glucose, which comes from eating foods rich in carbohydrates such as cereals, legumes, fruits and vegetables and dairy products, also with some protein (meat, fish or eggs) and olive oil. But also needs other essential nutrients (essential because we can not manufacture them, are vital for the body and we should take them with food): vitamins, minerals, fatty acids, amino acids, etc. There are not many (less than 50), but essential if we are to achieve optimal nutrition.