The latest Wired magazine has an article about improving your brain in four weeks. One thing it suggests is an improved diet. Highly recommended for breakfast: the English standard of beans on toast. What the? I did some quick digging around and came across: Top 10: Steps to a better brain - brain - 04 September 2006 - New Scientist.

Sure enough:

Beans on toast is a far better combination, as Barbara Stewart from the University of Ulster, UK, discovered. Toast alone boosted children's scores on a variety of cognitive tests, but when the tests got tougher, the breakfast with the high-protein beans worked best. Beans are also a good source of fibre, and other research has shown a link between a high-fibre diet and improved cognition.

Well I'll bean - I mean - be!