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Nutrition for Brain Health

Keep Your Brain Sharp by Avoiding These Eating Habits

Keep Your Brain Sharp by Avoiding These Eating Habits
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  • Eating a balanced breakfast early in the day supports brain health and mental clarity.
  • Reducing ultra-processed foods and prioritizing nutrient-dense options aids cognition.
  • Incorporating omega-3-rich fatty fish and staying hydrated can enhance brain function.

Have you ever walked into a

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Mental Health and Brain Health

Eating more high-fat cheese and cream to help avoid dementia?

Eating more high-fat cheese and cream to help avoid dementia?
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Contrary to common lifestyle advice about avoiding high-saturated fat dairy products to preserve brain health, a new Swedish study links eating more high-fat cheese and cream to a lower risk of developing dementia. Independent Alzheimer’s disease experts commenting on the

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Nutrition for Brain Health

Solitary eating is linked to reduced brain volume in cognitively unimpaired individuals and possible future cognitive decline

Solitary eating is linked to reduced brain volume in cognitively unimpaired individuals and possible future cognitive decline
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Participant characteristics

This study included 727 participants, with 598 (82.3%) engaging in social eating and 129 (17.7%) in solitary eating. In Table 1, the mean age of the total sample was 70.32 years, with the solitary eating group (71.17 ± 

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Nutrition for Brain Health

Red meat consumption in higher healthy eating index diets is associated with brain health critical nutritional adequacy, and fecal microbial diversity

Red meat consumption in higher healthy eating index diets is associated with brain health critical nutritional adequacy, and fecal microbial diversity
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Individuals consuming high HEI-diet, regardless of red meat intake, maintained healthy BMI

Participants in the HH-R group were older with a mean age of 55.47 ± 13.92 years, marginally higher than those in the HH-NR group, who had a mean

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Nutrition for Brain Health

Eating potassium-rich foods may help keep depression at bay

Eating potassium-rich foods may help keep depression at bay
5 min read
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Diets rich in minerals, especially potassium, were linked to a lower depression risk in a new study. Image credit: Vera Lair/Stocksy
  • About 5% of the world’s adult population lives with depression.
  • Past research shows that people can
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Nutrition for Brain Health

Can Eating More Protein Boost Your Mental Health? Here’s What Experts Say

Can Eating More Protein Boost Your Mental Health? Here’s What Experts Say
7 min read

Key Takeaways

  • Protein plays an essential role in brain and mental health, supporting the production of neurotransmitters and a healthy gut.
  • You can get enough protein each day from both plant and animal sources.
  • Dietary approaches can be part of
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Mental Health and Brain Health

Eating this breakfast daily can lower Alzheimer’s risk by almost half and boost brain health

Eating this breakfast daily can lower Alzheimer’s risk by almost half and boost brain health
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Eating this breakfast daily can lower Alzheimer’s risk by almost half and boost brain health

As the world continues to grapple with the rising tide of Alzheimer’s and age-related cognitive decline, researchers continue to explore everyday lifestyle choices and food items that can offer protection from this early cognitive decline, and among them is one

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Nutrition for Brain Health

It’s not too late to start eating better for your brain

It’s not too late to start eating better for your brain
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MIND diet and dementia

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The likelihood of developing dementia was 12%-13% lower overall among people with high adherence to the MIND diet compared to those with low adherence. This relationship was most pronounced among Latinos, Whites and African Americans, while it was not

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