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Boost the A's

Boost the A's

Researchers have understood the importance of Vitamin A for the immune system for a while. But now we're learning that Vitamin A is also necessary for the hippocampus, which Salk Institute researcher Sharoni Jacobs calls "the main seat of learning."

Why Vitamins?

The brain is the greediest organ in your body – greedier than the spleen or stomach, even greedier than the heart.

And it’s fussy about what it needs to do its job most effectively. Studies show that vitamins from a healthy, balanced diet can unlock the brain’s potential and help kids perform better in school.

Vitamin E: Brain Superhero

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Vitamin E – found in foods like nuts, canola oil, sunflower oil, corn oil, peanut butter, wheat germ and eggs – is what you might call a superhero antioxidant, with a single molecule able to keep 200 fatty acid molecules from free radical destruction.²

Selenium: Vitamin E's Trusty Sidekick

Playing Robin to Vitamin E’s Batman, Selenium is an essential trace mineral found in turkey, eggs, cottage cheese, oatmeal and other foods that grabs harmful heavy metals (like mercury, lead, arsenic and cadmium) and removes them from brain cells, allowing the important minerals like iron, zinc and copper in.⁴

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