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 …

The performance of the human brain is based on an interplay between the inherited
genotype and external environmental factors, including diet. Food and nutrition, essential in …

The prime focus of the discussion is to emphasize the role of cell metabolism as a mediator
for the action of foods on the brain. Oxidative stress promotes damage to phospholipids …

Nutrition can affect the brain throughout the life cycle, with profound implications for mental
health and degenerative disease. Many aspects of nutrition, from entire diets to specific …

Macronutrients–carbohydrates, fats, and proteins–supply the nutrients required for optimal
functioning. Inadequate intake compromises both physical and brain health. We synthesized …

The impact of nutritional variation, within populations not overtly malnourished, on cognitive
function and arousal is considered. The emphasis is on susceptibility to acute effects of …

Objectives Polyphenols, natural compounds found in plant-based foods, possess special
properties that can battle oxidative stress and stimulate the activation of molecules that aid in …

It is of vital importance to understand how the foods which are making us fat also act to
impair cognition. In this review, we compare the effects of acute and chronic exposure to …

Adult neurogenesis, a complex process by which stem cells in the hippocampal brain region
differentiate and proliferate into new neurons and other resident brain cells, is known to be …

Areas timely for developing research: This area of investigation is new and needs attention
because a better understanding of the neurological mechanisms by which nutrition affect …