The Union has a new weekly fresh fruit and veg market, courtesy of those healthy people at ThinkFresh.

As the end of the year looms, we’ve scoured the web to bring you some handy eating ideas to give your brain a bit of a boost:

 
1 Maintain iron levels - King’s College London found that those whose diets were high in iron performed significantly better in cognitive assessments. Good sources are red meat, leafy green vegetables, eggs and fortified breakfast cereals.

2 Boost Energy - the brain needs glycogen - supplied most efficiently through complex carbohydrate foods - to keep working optimally and to fire vital neurotransmitters. Good snack choices: bananas, bagels, sugar-free breakfast cereals, dried fruit.

3 Eat Breakfast - The University of Israel found that those who had eaten a bowl of cereal on the morning of the exam had better results than those who ate nothing.Beans on toast will give you a significantly better chance than just a piece of toast.

4 De-stress with salad - it’s a tough time of year - and you need to keep a clear head. Lettuce has a natural sedative called lactucarium, long used by naturopaths for its calming properties. Lettuce and celery will help keep those nerves at bay.

5 Berries - blueberries are the ultimate brain food because of their rich antioxidant content. A strawberry-rich diet seems beneficial to humans too - and snacking on these will keep you from putting on a junk-food spread while revising!

The ThinkFresh fruit & veg market visits the Union every Wednesday. Food tips from the Telegraph (tinyurl.com/5v2pkd).