07/19/2015
According to a study from the journal Integrative Medicine, people who eat more than three servings of species of fish that are high on the food chain—like tuna, grouper, snapper, bass, swordfish, and shark—each week (or more than four servings per month) are at risk for cognitive dysfunction. The culprit? High levels of mercury. http://www.prevention.com/…/decision-tree-what-kind-seafood… Tofu's phytoestrogens might affect brain function. High levels of sodium intake paired with low levels of physical activity had a negative impact on cognitive abilities. One more reason to rejoice over the FDA’s trans fats ban: The stuff could hurt your memory. For each gram of daily trans fats consumed, participants recalled an estimated 0.76 fewer words.
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