3. Curry

While plenty of herbs and spices provide brain protection benefits, only a few hold a promise of potent ingredient to deliver such benefit. A serious brain booster, curry not only brightens your plate but also strengthen your brain health. Most curries use turmeric as their main ingredient. Turmeric holds the key to the special brain-boosting polyphenol called curcumin.

In one study participated by 1,010 people, it has been found that incorporating dietary turmeric into diet can lower the prevalence of dementia. Research involving animal studies proved that curcumin can improve neurogenesis or the birth of new neurons (brain cells) by increasing the level of BDNF (brain derived neurotropic factor). Low BDNF is associated to serious brain diseases such as dementia, OCD, schizophrenia and major depression.