What makes for a healthy mind platter

Nutritionally we know our bodies are not well-fuelled on a diet of salty, sugary, fatty, highly processed foods (even if our tastebuds say ‘more!’).

We function best with a variety of vegetables and fruit, legumes, nuts, whole grains, unsaturated fats and protein. Then there’s what are called ‘brain  foods’– including leafy greens, fatty fish (or as I do, a flaxseed oil supplement for Omega-3) and berries.

Some years ago, Dr Dan Siegel and Dr David Rock devised the concept of a healthy mind platter for optimum brain health.

They contended that a combination of  7 daily mental activities provided the ‘mental nutrients’ needed to function best.