Tuesday Health Post: Affordable Way to Heal you Brain

I've become a big fan of healthy fat. It just makes sense to train your body to burn fat instead of sugar and carbs. Obviously the fat free craze is 100% wrong.



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• Animal-based omega-3 fat, such as krill oil, is essential for optimal health, and particularly critical for brain health. It even offers hope for healing and restoring brain function after a traumatic brain injury
• Low concentrations of EPA and DHA have been shown to result in an increased risk of death from all causes and accelerate cognitive decline
• Recent research suggests that fish oil can help slow down age-related brain atrophy
• Older women with the highest levels of omega-3 fatty acids had better preservation of their brain as they aged than those with the lowest levels, which might mean they would maintain better brain function for an extra year or two
• Previous research has also confirmed the beneficial effect of omega-3 fat on brain function in youngsters, concluding that DHA intake is a robust modulator of functional cortical activity