How Nutrition Affects Your Brain : Nutrition Diva :: Quick and Dirty Tips ™

A Nutrition Diva fan recently asked a question about how nutrition affects the brain and I thought this would make a great topic.  Laura wants to know whether certain foods or nutrients “are important for good brain function, particularly for memory and critical thinking.” 

How Nutrition Affects Your Brain

Your brain is a nutrition hog; it needs a lot of different nutrients in order to develop and function properly. Nutrients like choline (which is found in egg yolks, liver, and wheat germ) and DHA (an omega-3 fatty acid found in fish and breast milk) are particularly important for proper brain development early in life.

Throughout life, you need tyrosine —which is found in protein foods—and vitamin C to produce the neurotransmitters that carry signals between brain cells.  Antioxidants and essential fatty acids also help to protect your brain cells from everyday damage and age-related decline. [...]

Full article at nutritiondiva.quickanddirtytips.com

Thanks, Julie!

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