Brain foods: the effects of nutrients on brain function
By F. Gomez-Pinilla. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2008
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It has long been suspected that the relative abundance of specific nutrients can affect cognitive processes and emotions. Newly described influences of dietary factors on neuronal function and synaptic plasticity have revealed some of the vital mechanisms that are responsible for the action of diet on brain health and mental function. Several gut hormones that can enter the brain, or that are produced in the brain itself, influence cognitive ability. In addition, well-established regulators of synaptic plasticity, such as brain-derived neurotrophic factor, can function as metabolic modulators, responding to peripheral signals such as food intake. Understanding the molecular basis of the effects of food on cognition will help us to determine how best to manipulate diet in order to increase the resistance of neurons to insults and promote mental fitness.
Subfields: Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Nutrition and Dietetics, Physiology
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- The likely impact of COVID-19 on education: Reflections based on the existing literature and recent international datasets (2020, background): “Research also indicates that diets high in trans and saturated fats can have an adverse effect on the brain, affecting learning and memory (Gómez-Pinilla 2008).”
- Exercising Your Brain: A Review of Human Brain Plasticity and Training-Induced Learning (2008, neutral): “Taken together with the mounting evidence that proper nutrition facilitates cognitive abilities (see Gomez-Pinilla, 2008, for a thorough review), the emerging picture confirms the old saying " mens sana in corpore sano [a healthy mind in a healthy body].”
- The Influence of Exercise on Cognitive Abilities (2013, neutral): “Reprinted, with permission, from reference (73), p.”
- Six domains of self-care: Attending to the whole person (2019, background): “In contrast, high-quality diets can enhance cognitive and academic performance, ameliorate some mental health conditions, and may also be neuroprotective against age-related cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases (Gómez-Pinilla, 2008; Walsh, 2011).”
- RESILIENCE TRAINING THAT CAN CHANGE THE BRAIN (2018, methodology): “We will not cover nutrition per se, however, as it is outside the scope of this article and has been reviewed elsewhere (Gomez-Pinilla, 2008).”