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

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 …

Globally populations are ageing. By 2050, it is estimated that there will be two billion people
aged 60 years or over, of which 131 million are projected to be affected by dementia, while …

The important role of diet in cardiometabolic health is generally well recognised; for mental
health, it is not so well understood. However, lifestyle risk factors for poor physical health are …

Among polyunsaturated omega-3 fatty acids, ALA (alpha-linolenic acid) provided the first
coherent multidisciplinary experimental demonstration of the effect of diet (one of its major …

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 …

Multiple factors affect cognitive health, such as age-related changes in the brain, injuries,
mood disorders, substance abuse, and diseases. While some cannot be changed, evidence …

Nutritional cognitive neuroscience is an emerging interdisciplinary field of research that
seeks to understand nutrition's impact on cognition and brain health across the life span …

Aging in modern societies is often associated with various diseases including metabolic and
neurodegenerative disorders. In recent years, researchers have shown that both …

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 …