The smart way to diet will spare your brain
The latest from Dr. Cate is really interesting:
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So low carb can help you keep those brain cells as you lose weight! Quote:
This ties in with my hunch that my fatigue and cranky issues were a matter of lacking essential vital brain chemicals: the neurotransmitters which make everything happen in our brains. Turns out, good nutrition means plentiful neurotransmitters; and things perking along as they should. Because as I have learned, when our brains aren't working, a lot of other things aren't working, either. Quote:
Healthy blood vessels pay off in more than dodging cardiac issues; it's brain issues too. B vitamins and good protein and chelated magnesium have all been beneficial to me. And now I know why. |
Oily fish too! Sardines, mackerel, herring. I always feel brainier when I get my daily serving of small, oily fish.
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Agreed! Not just the oil, the fish itself is full of micronutrients.
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We can certainly see the opposite with disease and behavior, where the disease affects the brain in some way. For example, scurvy and the accompanying cynicism. It's only reasonable to expect improved health to be accompanied by improved brain function. It's happened to me for sure when I first went low-carb. It wasn't just intellectual abilities, but also overall behavior that improved for me.
The late Seth Roberts did a few experiments with fat and found an effect on his mental abilities. There's one experiment I've been looking for for a while now, it's a high school where they changed the students' diet in some way, can't remember what exactly. The point is the students' academic performance improved as a result. To play devil's advocate for the premise, i.e. increased IQ. I prefer to think that we're restoring IQ rather than improving it, in the same way we're restoring health rather than improving it. |
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IIRC, he said that he could solve math problems faster when eating butter. But he DIED...at 60, of coronary artery disease, while hiking. Makes me worry. (Edited to add: I tried his "Shangri-La Diet" about 10 years ago. It worked really well, but for some reason the oil made me feel very dizzy and I had to stop.) |
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I can see that, certainly. A return to optimum. |
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