High-Fructose Diet Slows the Brain, Hampering Memory and Learning [View all]

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High-Fructose Diet Slows the Brain, Hampering Memory and Learning
May 16, 2012 by StaffBiology

Fernando Gomez-Pinilla, professor of neurosurgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and professor of integrative biology and physiology in the UCLA College of Letters and Science
Many people know that soda and sweets aren’t a healthy choice of food, but did you know that a diet steadily high in fructose slows the brain, hampering memory and learning? This news comes from a study at UCLA where a team zeroed in on high-fructose corn syrup, something the average American consumes more than 40 pounds of per year.

Attention, college students cramming between midterms and finals: Binging on soda and sweets for as little as six weeks may make you stupid.

A new UCLA study is the first to show how a diet steadily high in fructose slows the brain, hampering memory and learning — and how omega-3 fatty acids can counteract the disruption. The peer-reviewed Journal of Physiology publishes the findings in its May 15 edition.

“Our findings illustrate that what you eat affects how you think,” said Fernando Gomez-Pinilla, a professor of neurosurgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and a professor of integrative biology and physiology in the UCLA College of Letters and Science. “Eating a high-fructose diet over the long term alters your brain’s ability to learn and remember information. But adding omega-3 fatty acids to your meals can help minimize the damage.”

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