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. 2022 Dec 28;15(1):149. doi: 10.3390/nu15010149

Table 1.

The average consumption frequency (frequency/day) of food items positively influencing brain function.

Food Items M SD
Mineral water 5.56 1.65
Hot beverages (tea, coffee, herb or fruit infusions) 4.39 1.63
Spices 4.06 1.63
Table water, spring water 4.03 2.39
Fruits 4.00 1.30
Vegetables 4.00 1.26
Milk (flavored milks, cocoa, coffee with milk) 3.96 1.40
White meat dishes (chicken, turkey, rabbit) 3.68 1.07
Eggs 3.53 1.17
Potatoes (excluding fries and chips) 3.34 1.10
Olive oil and rapeseed oils 3.33 1.43
Fruit juices 3.27 1.41
Fermented milk drinks (yoghurt, kefir) 2.95 1.39
Buckwheats, other whole grains, cereals, whole grain pasta 2.87 1.24
Whole grain bread 2.59 1.53
Cottage cheese (homogenized cheese, cheese deserts) 2.41 1.28
Fishes 2.40 1.10
Nuts, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and other oil seeds 2.38 1.25
Legumes or dishes from legume seeds (beans, peas, lens, soya) 2.12 1.13
Vegetable or vegetable-fruit juices 1.99 1.25
Vegetable canned, marinated or pickled vegetable 1.75 1.08

M—arithmetic mean; SD—standard deviation.