Nourish Your Brain with These Powerful Superfoods - Dr. Mark Hyman

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Episode 909
The Doctor's Farmacy

Nourish Your Brain with These Powerful Superfoods

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Harness the power of nutrition for a healthier, sharper mind. In this episode of “The Doctor’s Farmacy,” I explore the science behind five remarkable superfoods that can sharpen your mental acuity, rejuvenate your brain, and safeguard against neurodegenerative diseases. Plus, I share actionable tips to seamlessly integrate these brain-boosting foods into your daily diet, enhancing your cognitive function and overall well-being.

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I hope you enjoyed this conversation as much as I did. Wishing you health and happiness,
Mark Hyman, MD
Mark Hyman, MD

Show Notes

  1. Nutrients and bioactives in green leafy vegetables and cognitive decline (Neurology)
  2. The Association Between Eating Green Vegetables Every Day And Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study In Shanghai (Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
  3. Adherence to Mediterranean diet is inversely associated with depressive symptoms in older women: findings from the NutBrain Study (British Journal of Nutrition)
  4. Twelve Weeks of Additional Fish Intake Improves the Cognition of Cognitively Intact, Resource-Limited Elderly People: A Randomized Control Trial (The Journal of Nutrition, Health, and Aging)
  5. Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA): An Ancient Nutrient for the Modern Human Brain (Nutrients)
  6. Vitamin D and the risk of dementia and Alzheimer disease (Neurology)
  7. Red Blood Cell DHA Is Inversely Associated with Risk of Incident Alzheimer’s Disease and All-Cause Dementia: Framingham Offspring Study (Nutrients)
  8. Contribution of terrestrial animal source food to healthy diets for improved nutrition and health outcomes (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
  9. Brain food: Clever eating (Nature)
  10. Impact of Plant Protein Intakes on Nutrient Adequacy in the US (Nutrients)
  11. Meat consumption and risk of incident dementia: cohort study of 493,888 UK Biobank participants (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)
  12. Meat and mental health: a systematic review of meat abstention and depression, anxiety, and related phenomena (Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition)
  13. Association between meatless diet and depressive episodes: A cross-sectional analysis of baseline data from the longitudinal study of adult health (ELSA-Brasil) (Journal of Affective Disorders)
  14. Association between animal protein sources and risk of neurodegenerative diseases: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis (Nutrition Reviews)
  15. Effects of egg yolk choline intake on cognitive functions and plasma choline levels in healthy middle-aged and older Japanese: a randomized double-blinded placebo-controlled parallel-group study (Lipids in Health and Disease)
  16. Associations of dietary choline intake with risk of incident dementia and with cognitive performance: the Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study (The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)
  17. Egg consumption reduces the risk of depressive symptoms in the elderly: findings from a 6-year cohort study (BMC Psychiatry)
  18. Wild blueberry (poly)phenols can improve vascular function and cognitive performance in healthy older individuals: a double-blind randomized controlled trial (The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)
  19. Effects of Acute Blueberry Flavonoids on Mood in Children and Young Adults (Nutrients)
  20. Six-month intervention with wild blueberries improved speed of processing in mild cognitive decline: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial (Nutritional Neuroscience)
  21. Rewiring of the seed metabolome during Tartary buckwheat domestication (Plant Biotechnology Journal)
  22. localharvest.org
  23. eatwild.com

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