Researchers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) recently discovered that an individual’s internal struggle to choose between healthy and unhealthy food items is based off of neural processes in the brain.
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University found people who consumed diets high in trans fats were more likely to have brain shrinkage and scored lower on thinking and memory tests, compared to people who followed a healthy diet, low in trans fats and high in vitamins.
Consumption of baked or broiled fish on a weekly basis improved brain health and significantly reduced the risk of mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease in a 20-year longitudinal study of older adults.