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Study suggests toddlers' ultraprocessed diets at age two linked to lower IQ
Not so sweet: Some sugar substitutes linked to faster cognitive decline
How food dye can affect children
High-fat, high-sugar diets impact cognitive function
Choline: The underappreciated nutrient that's vital for our brains
Diet-related brain inflammation: Three days of high-fat eating impair memory in aged rats
3 Foods That Age Your Body and Brain
FDA bans Red 3 dye from food and drugs – a scientist explains the artificial colour’s health risks and long history
How Blood Sugar Impacts Your Brain Health
Inflammatory dietary habits linked to 84% higher risk of dementia
How Inflammation Affects Your Mental Health
California bans six artificial dyes in foods served at public schools
Food for thought: How diet affects the brain over a lifetime
Study suggests prenatal diet may play a role in autism
Researchers find a poor quality diet may lead to brain changes associated with depression and anxiety
No, sugar doesn’t make your kids hyperactive - (But it can harm their mental as well as physical health....)
'When you improve nutrition, you reduce violence': Psychologist Kimberley Wilson on working in Europe's largest women's prison
'Profound' link between dietary choices and brain health, new research shows
Sugar cravings could be caused by loneliness, study finds
Junk Food Diet in Teens Linked to Long-term Memory Issues
Study links long-term consumption of reused deep-fried oil with increased neurodegeneration
Consistent evidence links ultra-processed food to over 30 damaging health outcomes - including mental ill-health and sleep problems
Could ultra-processed foods be the new 'silent' killer?
Nutritional epigenetics education reduces ultra-processed food intake in parents of children with autism and ADHD
Evidence shows risks associated with energy drinks in children
Why Your Brain Hates Junk Food
'Fatty foods' can impair the body's response to everyday stress, research suggests
Cutting sugar and processed meats helped people live longer, study found
The Number-One Worst Food for Your Brain
Young children drinking daily caffeinated soda found more likely to try alcohol within a year
Insulin resistance turns tidy brain cells into slobs — which could be a link between diet and neurodegenerative diseases
This Is Your Brain on Junk Food
Consumption of Ultra Processed Food and Mental Wellbeing Outcomes
Saturated fat may interfere with creating memories in the aged brain - while omega-3 are protective
Ultra-processed food linked to higher risk of depression, research finds
Eating emulsifiers during pregnancy and lactation linked to health risks in mouse offspring
9 signs you have inflammation in your body. Could an anti-inflammatory diet help?
YOU NEED TO HEAR THIS! - The Food Programme - Feeding Your Brain: A Users Guide
Dietary Interventions for ADHD: Emerging Research and Considerations
That salad isn’t just good for your nutrition–it may help stave off depression
Critical Brain Nutrients: Evidence that Current Dietary Advice Harms Mental Health – and Potential Solutions
The Mediterranean diet: Good for your health and your wallet, says study
Western Diet Identified as Risk Factor For Alzheimer's Disease, Scientists Warn
Higher rates of autism and ADHD in American children may reflect poor diet and toxic exposures
Is there an association between the consumption of ultra-processed food and adverse microbiota-gut-brain axis implications?
Switching meat and milk for plant-based copies misses vital nutrients
Feeling Stressed? It Might Be Your Liver Calling
FAB WEBINAR - How Food Affects Your Brain: The Role of Nutrition and Diet in the Mental Health Crisis
Diet, not genes, is driving dementia says British Medical Journal
Sweets change our brain: Why we can't keep our hands off chocolate
Seaweed, sardines and sauerkraut: the best diet for your brain at every stage of life
Study suggests fructose could drive Alzheimer's disease
Mother's health, diet during pregnancy may impact child's later neurodevelopment
Fatty liver disease endangers brain health
3 Outstanding Food Swaps to Improve Brain Health
Webinar - Smarter Food, Smarter Kids - Resolving the Attention Deficit Disaster
Food for thought: Study finds link between depression and unhealthy diets
Low-calorie sugar substitute consumption during adolescence appears to impair memory later in life
Nutritional Treatments: The Next Frontier in Psychiatry
Is Some Depression Actually Insulin Resistance?
FAB Research Webinar - Nutrition for ADHD and Neurodiverse Minds
ADHD: why it can make it harder to keep eating habits in check – and what you can do about it
How does excess sugar affect the developing brain throughout childhood and adolescence?
Doesn't an excessive intake of simple sugar affect higher brain function?
Junk food and the brain: How modern diets lacking in micronutrients may contribute to angry rhetoric
Vegetarian diet quality influences mental health
Diet, exercise can improve teens' mental health
What is the short-term impact of sugary drinks in the classroom?
How highly processed foods harm memory in the aging brain (and the protective effect of Omega-3 DHA)
Adjusting fatty acid intake may help with mood variability in bipolar disorders
Sugar: why some people experience side-effects when they quit
Why eating more sugar can leave you with LESS energy
Study associates diet in childhood with cognitive development
Sugar overload may be a recipe for long-term problems
What happened when I ate ultra-processed food for a month
Mouse studies find sugar-free energy drinks just as harmful
Including unhealthy foods may diminish positive effects of an otherwise healthy diet
High fructose intake may drive aggressive behaviors, ADHD and bipolar disorder
Sugary beverages consumed while breastfeeding affect cognitive development in children
Researchers find a western-style diet can impair brain function
Sugar changes the chemistry of your brain
How junk food shapes the developing teenage brain
Trans fats linked to higher dementia risk
Blood biomarker for dietary trans fats predicts dementia, Alzheimer's disease
To fight effects of sleep deprivation, reach for healthy snacks
Poor diet may affect long-term spatial memory, study finds
High fat 'fast food' diet during pregnancy slows learning in offspring, rat study suggests
13 June 2019 - MedicalXpress - An extra burger meal a day eats the brain away
5 June 2019 - MedicalXpress - Study: Bad diets making for bad memories
Maternal diet during pregnancy may modulate the risk of ADHD symptoms in children
BBC News - Government proposes energy drinks ban for children
Food additives a toxic mix for kids
Foods combining fats and carbohydrates more rewarding than foods with just fats or carbs
How to eat well for a healthy brain in later life
Food Fights: Are Vegan Diets Healthier for the Brain?
BBC - How food can improve your mental health
New WHO study on health and well-being of Europe’s youth reveals that obesity continues to rise
Unhealthy diet during pregnancy could be linked to ADHD
How Nutrition in The Workplace Affects the Bottom Line
Trans Fat May Impair Memory
Can food improve your exam performance?
18 Feb 2015 - The Conversation - Here’s what happens to your brain when you give up sugar for Lent
The Conversation - Fat and sugar-heavy diet harms your brain – and makes you keep on eating
Fast-food consumption in children linked to poorer academic outcomes
01 December 2014 - MedicalXpress - Diabetes in midlife linked to significant cognitive decline 20 years later
Trans fat consumption is linked to diminished memory in working-aged adults
17 November 2014 - Melrose - The link between diabetes and Alzheimer's
Beyond Obesity: Western Diet Shown to Make People Unintelligent
‘Not enough people are talking about nutrition and brain function’
FAB Research conference notes: Sugar, fat, food and addiction: New approaches to the public health crisis
23 July 2014 - MedicalXpress - Targeting the brain to treat obesity
CAPT Joseph Hibbeln, M.D.: Nutritional Armor - Brain and Behavior
14 Feb 2014 - Nutraingredients - Dr Alex Richardson Q&A: Nutritional Lipids for Mood and Behaviour
17 Dec 2013 - University of New South Wales - Junk food can harm memory in a week
Omega-3 may minimise damaging effects of junk food on brain: Research review
15 Jan 2013 - BMJ - Science Souring on Sugar
Western diet may cause brain impairment and neurodegenerative conditions, say researchers
BBC - Healthy diet 'boosts childhood IQ'
UK Associate Parliamentary Food and Health Forum Report on the links between diet, mental health and behaviour
New fears over additives in children's food
The Guardian - Why it's time we faced fats
What not to feed your child
BBC Website - 'Ban artificial food colourings'
A Rotten Way to Feed the Children

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