Effects of high-fat diet exposure on learning & memory

Despite published evidence pointing to the health benefits of a plant-based diet, the level of evidence investigating the links between cognitive health and plant-based food remains insufficient. Recent publications postulate the impact of certain macronutrients on overall cognition, however, the mechanisms behind the interaction between plant-based foods and cognitive domains are not clear. In this […]

This 2019 study investigated the pathways by which the Western Diet (WD) regulates gene expression in hippocampal brain microvessels of female mice, since it is poorly understood how microvasular disease in the memory centre of the brain develops (while consumption of the WD is associated with cognitive impairment and hyperlipidaemia [high levels of fat in […]