Dr. Majid Fotuhi

It's bad for you.

It's really bad for you.

I feel bad when I go to any like a ball game or if you go to a food fair or if you just go anywhere, most food that is available is bad food.

It's really hard.

Ultra processed.

It's really hard to get healthy food most places, unfortunately.

But it is what it is.

And you have to look at it as smoking.

You should avoid eating junk food.

That's the biggest part for brain health.

because the junk food increase inflammation in the brain, reduce blood flow in the brain, it's bad for you.

Now, when it comes to what's good for you, you wanna eat food that increase blood flow to the brain, reduce inflammation, and increase the natural cleansing that happens in the brain.

There's no miracle food.

I mean, there's some fruits and vegetables that are particularly good, like leafy green vegetables are amazingly good for the brain.

because many of them have a lot of high levels of antioxidants.

Some of them have iron and zinc and many other things.

So leafy green vegetables are particularly good for the brain.

My favorite fruit is blueberries because in addition to having a lot of antioxidants, they also have something called BDNF, brain drive neurotrophic factor.

BDNF is like a miracle girl for the brain.

The best way to increase your BDNF is actually exercise.