Welcome to the Alliance for Natural Health - USA. Healthy Living News and Opinion on The Huffington Post. Brain Food: These Nutrients Help The Brain Stay Sharp For Longer. Seniors who ate healthful diets scored better on tests of mental acuity than did their peers who consumed junk food, according to a new study. We've long heard that foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids and vitamins B, C, D and E were "brain food. " And studies have consistently shown that those with a diet high in these nutrients maintained better cognitive function in old age.
But the new research not only reaffirms the association, it uses a novel and more reliable approach: the investigators determined study participants' diets by collecting blood samples and analyzing them for 30 biomarkers of diet, rather than using notoriously imprecise self-reported food surveys. The Procrastination Equation.