Intelligent Gourmet in Tampa, FL has brain food snacks you’ve got to try. If you are searching for healthy food near me, come check out our menu and give our restaurant a try. All our food is made fresh and fast food has never tasted so good.

 

Brain Food Snacks

You can boost your brain power with the foods you eat! Think before you snack.

 

This should come as no surprise considering your brain is made up of mostly fats.

 

Avocados – a great source of healthy oleic acid, monounsaturated fat, which is also found in olive oil, which helps decrease inflammation. Aside from providing healthy fats, avocados also provide nearly 20 essential nutrients, including potassium, which helps balance your vitality important to potassium to sodium ratio.

 

Organic Coconut Oil – Besides being great for your metabolism, it’s medium-chain fatty acids (MCTs) are a source of ketone bodies, which act as an alternative source of brain fuel that can help prevent the brain atrophy associated with dementia.

 

Grass fed butter – quick energy and therefore don’t contribute to fat levels in your blood. A significant portion of the butter you consume used  immediately for energy, similar to carbohydrate.   

 

Organic pastured eggs – Many of the healthiest foods are rich in cholesterol and saturated fats and eggs are no exception. Cholesterol is needed for the regulation of protein pathways involved in cell signaling and other cellular processes. It’s important for your brain which contains 25 percent of your cholesterol. A great simple snack is deviled eggs.

 

Wild-caught Alaskan salmon- oily fish that are high in omega-3  fats that are necessary for optimal brain and heart health. Eating this fish once or twice a week with increase your lifespan, research shows.

 

Organic raw nuts, such as macadamia or pecan. Macadamia nuts have the highest and lowest protein and carb content of any nut. This is about the same found in olives, which are well known for health benefits as well. Pecans contain anti-inflammatory magnesium, heart healthy oleic acid, phenolic antioxidants and immune-boosting manganese.

 

Healthy Food near me

Come into Intelligent Gourmet to try our amazing recipes that will leave you feeling full and refreshed. You can order online and pick up your food, or come in and sit down with us here at the restaurant. We love to see new faces as well as returning customers. When we prepare our food, we make sure it is done right, made to order and maximized with nutritional value every time–our culinary standard. We offer vegetarian, vegan, organic, gluten free , dairy free and many more options to make sure we have something for everyone’s nutritional needs. If you want something and do not see it on the menu, we will work with you, and make it happen. We are always looking for new ideas and always want to make sure our customers are satisfied.

 

Contact Us

If you are ready to try some new brain food snacks and looking for healthy food near me in the Tampa, FL area, come into Intelligent Gourmet today. Check out our website to contact us or see our menu!