Dr. Fernando Gómez-Pinilla, UCLA Professor of Neurosurgery and Physiological Science who has spent years studying the brain says,
- "Diet, exercise and sleep have the potential to alter our brain health and mental function. This raises the exciting possibility that changes in diet are a viable strategy for enhancing cognitive abilities.”1
We’ve pulled together this information that we hope will help you make the right nutritional choices to maximize your child’s learning potential.
Of course this is not an exact science – watch your children closely to see which foods enhance their behavior and performance and which do the opposite. A diary can help you track results over time.
Resources
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Gómez-Pinilla, F. (2008). Brain foods: the effects of nutrients on brain function. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 9, 568-578. Http://www.nature.com/nrn/journal/v9/n7/abs/nrn2421.html |
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