What You Eat May Trigger Gut-Brain Signals That Shape How Memories Form

Your gut may help your brain decide what to remember

Signals traveling from the gut to the brain may help turn meals into lasting memories. Rats showed stronger memory activity after consuming nutritious foods, but not after drinking sweet liquids with little or no nutritional value. Blocking the vagus nerve erased this effect and made it harder for the animals to remember where food had been located. Over time, diets high in fat and sugar also weakened this memory system.

What You Eat May Trigger Gut-Brain Signals That Shape How Memories Form

Food plays an important role in many important moments in our lives, whether it's grand occasions, like the wedding banquet, or smaller ones, like the weekend barbecue, the lunch date, or the family dinner time.

Junk Food In Early Life May Disrupt Memory Years Later, Study Suggests

This study adds to a growing collection of evidence suggesting that what a person eats early in life can leave a mark on the brain for years. The post Junk Food In Early Life May Disrupt Memory Years Later, Study Suggests appeared first on StudyFinds.