TY - JOUR
T1 - Feeding the brain: the importance of nutrients for brain functions and health
AU - Cacciabaudo, Francesco
AU - Gulotta, Eliana
AU - Buscemi, Salvatore
AU - Damiano, Giuseppe
AU - Altomare, Roberta
AU - Palumbo, Vincenzo Davide
AU - Lo Monte, Attilio Ignazio
AU - Fazzotta, Salvatore
AU - Maione, Carolina
AU - Spinelli, Gabriele
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - ‘We are what we eat’, said the philosopher Feuerbach. In fact, the quality of the food we eat affects our mind as well: the brain, which represents 2% of our body weight, consumes about 20% of the calories we eat each day. Follow a few rules could therefore help to feed properly our brain, so it works to the best of its ability. It is important to know properties of foods especially regarding their aminoacidic composition because aminoacids are components of neurotransmitters, molecules needed for brain transmission and function. It is also possible to choose specific food to prevent or support different diseases that affects nervous system.
AB - ‘We are what we eat’, said the philosopher Feuerbach. In fact, the quality of the food we eat affects our mind as well: the brain, which represents 2% of our body weight, consumes about 20% of the calories we eat each day. Follow a few rules could therefore help to feed properly our brain, so it works to the best of its ability. It is important to know properties of foods especially regarding their aminoacidic composition because aminoacids are components of neurotransmitters, molecules needed for brain transmission and function. It is also possible to choose specific food to prevent or support different diseases that affects nervous system.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/256249
M3 - Article
VL - 19
SP - 243
EP - 247
JO - Progress in Nutrition
JF - Progress in Nutrition
SN - 1129-8723
ER -