{"id":166220,"date":"2025-12-03T15:18:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T15:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/166220\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T15:18:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T15:18:07","slug":"7-brain-superfoods-that-should-be-given-to-children-daily-for-a-sharper-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/166220\/","title":{"rendered":"7 brain superfoods that should be given to children daily for a sharper memory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As per experts, it is not just a treat to taste buds, but your brain as well. It is said that flavanols in dark chocolate increase blood flow to the brain and improve mood. According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC3575938\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">study<\/a>, cocoa flavonoids act as antioxidants and promote vasodilation via nitric oxide synthesis, increasing blood flow and oxygen delivery to brain tissues. These effects support neuronal growth, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels, and protection against oxidative stress, reducing age-related cognitive decline.<br \/>How to consume: Chocolate is best consumed as it is, or one can add them to brownie, pudding, cake, shakes, or smoothies to please children. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As per experts, it is not just a treat to taste buds, but your brain as well. It&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":166221,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[108535,134,108540,108538,108537,108539,111,139,556,69,108536],"class_list":{"0":"post-166220","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nutrition","8":"tag-7-brain-superfoods-that-should-be-given-to-children-daily-for-a-sharper-memory","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-how-these-superfoods-boost-brain-health-of-kids","11":"tag-how-to-give-brain-boosting-superfoods-to-kids","12":"tag-how-to-give-these-superfoods-to-kids","13":"tag-kids-health-and-brain-superfoods","14":"tag-new-zealand","15":"tag-newzealand","16":"tag-nutrition","17":"tag-nz","18":"tag-superfoods-to-boost-brain-health-of-kids"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}