The phrase “you are what you eat” might sound like hyperbole, but it has some truth to it, especially when it comes to the brain. Your diet can have a huge impact on your brain health .

As well as having an effect on the day-to-day function of your brain – those 3pm slumps after a carb-heavy lunch for example – your diet can impact the long-term health of the brain. “Lipid levels, obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure – all of which are related to diet – are proven risk factors for the development of dementia,” explains Dr Steve Allder, a neurologist at Re:Cognition Health in London.

This is something that research has confirmed too. One 2022 study, which followed 2,000 people over ten years, found those who consumed a lot of inflammatory foods – highly processed, and containing lo

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