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Have you ever considered undergoing brain-thickening surgery, only to find that such a thing does not exist? And that the guy in the van was probably not actually a surgeon? Well, consider fish.
Dr. Cyrus Raji, a resident radiologist at UCLA, appreciates value beyond the cosmetics of a thick cerebral cortex. He's the lead researcher in a new study in the current American Journal of Preventive Medicine that found that people who regularly eat fish have more voluminous brains than those who do notin such a way that stands to protect them from Alzheimer's disease.
"Understanding the effects of fish consumption on brain structure is critical for the determination of modifiable factors that can decrease the risk of cognitive deficits and dementia," Raji and colleagues write. The team has previously shown gainful effects of physical activity and obesity on brain structure.
This study found that eating fishbaked or broiled, never friedis associated with larger gray matter volumes in brain areas responsible for memory and cognition in healthy elderly people.
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/08/this-is-your-brain-on-fish/375638/
flamingdem
(39,304 posts)How can that really make such a difference. That said think I'll buy some fish tomorrow!
onehandle
(51,122 posts)'Reduces greatly' is probably more accurate.
That caught my eye as well.
madokie
(51,076 posts)when cleaned right catfish is one of the best eating fish there is. Not cleaned right and it has a muddy taste. Its all in the cleaning.
Locally farmed catfish
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)They say at the rate we're eating it, it will be gone in 20 years... So that means I gotta get while the gettin's good.
DocwillCuNow
(162 posts)Then you have roly poly fish heads, eat them up yum!!!!
Warpy
(110,913 posts)DocwillCuNow
(162 posts)Trillo
(9,154 posts)YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)Snarkoleptic
(5,995 posts)I only wish the graphic had a numerical legend.
randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]Birds are territorial creatures.
The lyrics to the songbird's melodious trill go something like this:
"Stay out of my territory or I'll PECK YOUR GODDAMNED EYES OUT!"[/center][/font][hr]