How does nutrition affect the brain?

A new study in the Netherlands shows that the brain is bigger and increases the amount of gray matter and white matter.

A healthy diet helps the brain to function effectively against neurodegeneration.(Photo: TIME).

Not only does it affect the physical, but it can also affect the brain, TIME quoted the work in the Neurology. Specifically, the group of scientists from Erasmus University Medical Center (Netherlands) led by the epidemiologist and radiologist Meike Vernooij studied the link between nutrition and brain of 4,000 volunteers. average age of 66 members.

After 10 years, the authors found that people eat more fruits, vegetables, good fat and limit red meat, sweets have a larger brain mass. Their amount of gray matter and white matter is also higher and the hippocampus zone is responsible for handling memories in a better condition.

" A healthy diet helps the brain work effectively against neurodegeneration," Vernooij said. In the future, the female professor and her colleagues will continue to study to find out the possibility of reducing the risk of dementia by eating habits.