Whenever possible, buy organic, locally grown, unprocessed foods. For meats, try to only buy grass fed, hormone and antibiotic free products.
Note items marked with an ” * ” are especially healthy and listed on Dr. Amen’s “50 Best Brain Foods” list.”
Produce
- Acorn squash
- Apples*
- Apricots
- Artichokes
- Asparagus*
- Avocados*
- Bananas*
- Bell peppers (yellow, green, red, orange)*
- Beets*
- Blackberries*
- Blueberries*
- Bok choy*
- Broccoli*
- Brussels sprouts*
- Butternut squash
- Cabbage
- Cantaloupe
- Carrots
- Cauliflower
- Celery
- Cherries*
- Coconut*
- Collard greens
- Corn
- Cranberries
- Cucumbers
- Eggplant
- Goji berries*
- Grapefruit*
- Green beans
- Honeydew
- Jicama
- Kale
- Kiwi*
- Leeks
- Lemons*
- Lettuce
- Limes*
- Mangoes
- Mesclun
- Mushrooms
- Mustard greens
- Nectarines
- Okra
- Onions
- Oranges*
- Papaya
- Parsnips
- Peaches*
- Pears*
- Peas*
- Plums*
- Pomegranates*
- Pumpkin
- Radish
- Raspberries*
- Plums*
- Red grapes*
- Snap peas
- Soybeans*
- Spaghetti squash
- Spinach*
- Strawberries*
- Swiss chard
- Tangerines
- Tomatoes*
- Turnips
- Watercress
- Yams/sweet potatoes*
- Zucchini
