Cacao Beans = Brain Food

If you are in need of a little brain food, cacao beans are officially ranked as #2 by BrainReady.com as one of The Top 5 Brain Health Foods. Cacao beans, the foundation of chocolate and cocoa powder, are renowned for its mood enhancement, “antioxidants, flavonoids, catechins and other brain and body enhancing elements”.

As you look to chocolate for brain power, BrainReady.com recommends non-Dutched processed cocoa which removes many of the positive elements from the cocoa powder. Dutched-processed cocoa is processed with an alkalizing agent which refines the powder and decreases the cocoa’s acidity levels. Instead, look to indulge in high cacao contain chocolate bars with at least 75% cacao content, 100% organic non-alkalized chocolate products or chocolate/cocoa that is minimally processed.

Here is the complete list of The Top 5 Brain Health Foods from BrainReady.com :

1. Wild Salmon
2. Cacao Beans
3. Matcha (stone-ground Gyokuru green tea powder)
4. Acai Berries & Blueberries (tie)
5. Coffee Beans