LearningRx1 Nutrition | http://www.learningrx.org - Part 17

Mother’s diet during pregnancy and early life may affect baby’s IQ and behavior later...

Oct 19, 2013 by

What a pregnant woman eats during her pregnancy and soon after the baby is born can have a significant impact on the child’s behavior and IQ … even later in life....

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The Mediterranean diet reduces the risk of genetic stroke

Sep 30, 2013 by

The Mediterranean diet appears to interact with a gene variant that’s normally associated with type 2 diabetes. Five years of research found that even people who had two copies of the gene variant had a reduced number of strokes...

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Young adults who take Omega-3s have better memory

Oct 31, 2012 by

Healthy young adults can improve working memory by taking a daily supplement of Omega-3 fatty acids – even young adults who are already high functioning....

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Obesity from high-sugar and high-fat foods impairs memory and learning...

Oct 4, 2012 by

Essentially, when these foods impair the brain (specifically the hippocampus) they fuel overeating creating a vicious cycle.  This helps confirm previous links between middle-age obesity and the increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias later....

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Omega-3s may help reading skills

Sep 10, 2012 by

Omega 3 may help improve kids’ reading skills. In a double-blind study, kids too 600mg per day of omega-3 DHA from algal oil for 16 weeks. Compared to the kids who took the placebo, the lowest tenth of the...

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Green tea boosts memory and spatial awareness

Sep 5, 2012 by

Green tea boosts memory and spatial awareness. There’s always good news about green tea but in this particular case, researchers found that EGCG (an organic chemical in green tea) promotes the production of progenitor cells (similar to stem cells...

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