Diet in Brain Health and Neurological Disorders: Risk Factors and Treatments

• Main Author: Brandt, Jason (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: Medicine; epilepsy; glioblastoma multiforme; ADHD; n/a; prefrontal cortex; regainers; functional neuroimaging; malignant glioma; nutrients; caffeine; children; inflammation; working memory; cytokines; modified Atkins diet; fish intake; insulin resistance; transpulmonary administration; obesity; maintainers; electroencephalography; Alzheimer's disease; omega-3 fatty acids; diet-deficient; weight loss maintenance; neural processing; hippocampal neurogenesis
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The role of nutrition in health and disease has been appreciated from time immemorial. Around 400 B.C., Hippocrates wrote "Let food by thy medicine and medicine be thy food." In the 12th century, the great philosopher and physician Moses Maimonides wrote "any disease that can be treat...