Feed A Pilot!

 Pilots in training have the most unfavorable dining options available… second only to those pilots who are flying the plane... and this is when nutrition is the most important. Hotel and airplane food for weeks on end does not make a healthy mind.

During training, studying, and aircraft operation we need the best nutrition possible! Our diet impacts our brain and the function of our memory. Without proper nutrition, we’re battling a war we cannot win.

Beware…Diets to lose weight could negatively impact your brain by starving it from important nutrients. Words of Wisdom: Don’t diet while you study.

Not to worry! There are food choices and supplements that can help. The following mealtime brain foods below can jump start that memory:

• Aged Garlic: Improves spatial memory, fights age-related memory loss.
• Sugar/Glucose: Improves short term memory. Maybe that’s why we can’t remember how many pieces of chocolate we just ate.
• Pasta: The carbohydrates stimulate production of serotonin that fuels learning.
• Fish and Olive Oil: Unsaturated fats strengthen general learning abilities
• Egg yolks and organ meats: Citicoline enhances verbal memory
• Apples, Pears, Beans and Peas: Enhances alertness for learning
• Whole wheat and Nuts: The magnesium enhances alertness and general learning
• Shellfish, beans, peas, and dark turkey meat: The zinc aids in short term recall, work and visual memory.
• Whole grains, oatmeal, wheat germ, oysters and liver: B1 increases attention and reaction time.
• Wheat germ, sunflower seeds, yeast, tuna, and liver: B6 Improves working memory
• Clams, oysters, kidneys, and liver: B12 improves concentration, mental alertness and learning.
• Oranges, strawberries, red peppers, leafy green vegetables, and blueberries: Vitamin C improves general memory.

Eat Right! Study hard! Fly Smart!
Tomorrow… Exercise and the mind.

~Karlene