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Vitamin E: Brain Superhero

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Vitamin E – found in foods like nuts, canola oil, sunflower oil, corn oil, peanut butter, wheat germ and eggs – is what you might call a superhero antioxidant, with a single molecule able to keep 200 fatty acid molecules from free radical destruction.²

Fast Break

Literally, breakfast “breaks the fast” from your sleep.

Without breakfast, the body thinks it’s still fasting so it conserves energy and slows metabolism until you eat again⁴– valuable nutrients that could be fueling the brain are instead spent keeping the body moving.

Go Easy on the Calories

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Your child probably only needs somewhere between 600-1,000 calories for lunch (read USDA Calorie Recommendations PDF).³

Selenium: Vitamin E's Trusty Sidekick

Playing Robin to Vitamin E’s Batman, Selenium is an essential trace mineral found in turkey, eggs, cottage cheese, oatmeal and other foods that grabs harmful heavy metals (like mercury, lead, arsenic and cadmium) and removes them from brain cells, allowing the important minerals like iron, zinc and copper in.⁴

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