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Brain Food
Part of 4/23

lzheimer’s demonstrates the most extreme responses of the brain to the nutrients you provide. But getting smart about food applies to every aspect of your cognitive health whether you want to boost your memory beat depression or maintain your brainpower into old age.
Staying hydrated makes you smarter.
Your brain has the consistency of jelly. Made up of 80 percent water 11 percent fat 8 percent protein 3 percent vitamins and minerals and a pinch of carbs it floats inside your skull in a bath of cerebrospinal fluid.
The blood-brain barrier is your brain’s gatekeeper. It protects your body’s most vulnerable organ against inflammation and infections by blocking foreign substances like bacteria toxins and even some medications. Only a select few substances that the brain needs to function are allowed to cross the barrier.
Water for one is always welcome. It’s involved in every chemical reaction that occurs in the brain – such as energy production. It also plays a structural role fi