Posted June 8, 2013
A team of scientists from the University of Liverpool’s Institute for Aging and Chronic Disease analyzed the results of 185 studies, and their review published in the British Journal of Nutrition says Omega-3 fatty acids can prevent and even reverse junk food’s damage to the brain. The discovery was a bi-product of the study’s original purpose, which was to determine whether omega-3 fatty acids aid in weight loss by stimulating particular processes in the brain.
Decades of research show that eating junk food is harmful for a variety of reasons. Not only can junk food contribute to weight gain and disease, but it can also have negative effects on the brain. Specifically, research has indicated that high-fat diets trigger the production of inflammatory chemicals and triglycerides, which block important hormones from entering the brain after eating. This inflammatory condition also negatively affects molecules that stimulate neurogenesis
