Other touted brain foods are the brightest colored fruits and vegetables, such as blueberries, strawberries, prunes, raspberries and blackberries, strawberries, prunes, raspberries and blackberries, because antioxidants found in them have been linked to improved memory.

In addition, foods containing B vitamins or magnesium are crucial to ensuring normal brain and nerve function. Both of these nutrients are often found in whole grain and in enriched and whole grain products such as bread, rice, pasta and fortified cereals.

Finally, remember that just like the rest of your body, your brain need energy, which it prefers to get from glucose. This may be one reason why some people who follow a low-carbohydrate diet report feeling sluggish. Just like every other aspect of nutrition, balance and moderation are the keys.

Garlic And Cholesterol Myth.
Many people have been eating garlic or taking garlic supplements and even eating raw garlic clove because this aromatic bulb has been widely touted to lower total and LDL cholesterol, In fact, garlic is one of the top-selling dietary supplements in America.

Now the largest garlic clinical trial to date, conducted by researches at Stanford University, has found that neither raw garlic nor garlic tablets improved lipid levels when compared with placebo.

At the end of the six-month trial of 192 men and women with cholesterol levels between 130 to 190 mg , no significant declines were detected in triglycerides or in total and LDL cholesterol increased.

Although garlic produced no serious adverse effects, 57 percent of those in the raw-garlic noted bad breath and body odour.

The study authors cautiously pointed out that their finding could not be generalized to include people with higher cholesterol levels and that it was not yet know whether garlic provides other cardiovascular benefits.

Expert's conclusions: Physicians should advise patients with moderately elevated LDL cholesterol that garlic is unlikely to lower their cholesterol or produce other lipid benefits.