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“A recent study found that a ketogenic diet boosted levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)—a key protein that supports brain health—by 47%, highlighting the diet's potential to support brain health even in people without cognitive impairment.”

“APOE ε4 carriers and noncarriers with high carotenoid levels followed similar cognitive paths, while carriers with low carotenoid levels had the fastest decline. Among people without the APOE ε4 gene variant, carotenoid levels were not meaningfully related to changes in cognition.”

“A 2-year randomized controlled trial in over 2,500 aging adults improved cognition via a multidomain lifestyle intervention including diet, exercise, cognitive training, and vascular risk monitoring.”

“The investigators analyzed structural magnetic resonance imaging data and medical records for more than 8,300 children between the ages of nine and ten years who were enrolled in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study.”

“Researchers measured the red blood cell concentrations of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) of more than 2,100 middle-aged adults and calculated each participant's Omega-3 Index, which gauges long-term exposure to EPA + DHA in red blood cells.”

“The high blood glucose levels associated with insulin resistance induce glucotoxicity, which causes structural damage and functional impairments of neuronal cells. Learn more about the effects of insulin resistance in the brain in this clip featuring Dr. Dale Bredesen.”

“Early data also pointed to potential changes in brain chemistry and mitochondrial function. However, the investigators cautioned that the study was not designed to determine whether creatine definitively improved cognition or muscle health.”

“To score the inflammatory potential of dietary components, researchers have developed the Diet Inflammatory Index, a quantitative means of assessing the effects of diet on aspects of human health, ranging from inflammatory biomarkers in blood to the presence of chronic disease.”

“Increases in telomerase and glutathione peroxidase activity were associated with reduced social anxiety, suggesting that cellular protective mechanisms may be involved in mediating anxiety symptoms and adding to a growing body of evidence that stress and anxiety accelerate biological aging.”

“The mothers reported how many times they breastfed their infants every day and provided information about what they had eaten in a 24-hour period (using dietary recalls) when their infants were one and six months old.”