This is part two of a two-part series on lifestyle and brain fitness. Part I: “Buff and Brainy,” is available at Buff and Brainy.
At family dinner tables around the globe, prodding mothers have dished out the same refrain for decades: “Eat your fish,” they say. “It’s brain food!” For children picking at crusty fish sticks or blobs of pink poached salmon, the statement raises suspicions. But the message is turning out to be more than just an attempt to get children to clean their plates. Recent research is suggesting that what you eat can influence the function of your brain.
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