The CNP Diet and Cognition Research Category consolidates research exploring the interconnected relationship between dietary intake and cognition. To view each original study on the open internet, click “Original.” To view the CNP-written abstract summary, click “CNP Summary.” While only some of the CNP-written abstract summaries are available below for free, all abstract summaries are available to CNP members through the CNP Library Membership.
The function of a midlife DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet on late-life subjective cognitive complaints (SCCs) is poorly understood. Song et al. (2023) used data on 5116 women from the New York University Women's Health Study (mean age in 1985–1991: 46 years). A 6-item survey evaluated SCCs between 2018 and 2020 (mean age: 79 years). Analysis of the results revealed that women in the highest quartile of DASH scores at baseline had lower odds of having two or more SCCs than those in the bottom quartile. The correlation remained when selection bias was taken into account. In women without a history of cancer, that inverse connection was more pronounced. Thus, the authors conclude that a higher fidelity to the DASH diet in mid-life is linked to lower odds of late-life SSCs in women
Effect of multivitamin-mineral supplementation versus placebo on cognitive function: results from the clinic subcohort of the COcoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study (COSMOS) randomized clinical trial and meta-analysis of 3 cognitive studies within COSMOS
Association of dietary intake of flavonols with changes in global cognition and several cognitive abilities
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Benefits of wasabi supplements with 6-MSITC (6-Methylsulfinyl Hexyl Isothiocyanate) on memory functioning in healthy adults aged 60 years and older: Evidence from a double-blinded randomized controlled trial
The EAT–Lancet reference diet and cognitive function across the life course
The impact of dietary macronutrient intake on cognitive function and the brain
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The effect of beta-carotene on cognitive function: A systematic review
Mid-life adherence to the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet and late-life subjective cognitive complaints in women
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How does fasting affect cognition? An updated systematic review (2013–2020)
Cognitive function in binge eating disorder and food addiction: A systematic review and three-level meta-analysis
Trial of the MIND diet for prevention of cognitive decline in older persons
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Meta-analysis of the association between tea intake and the risk of cognitive disorders
Green tea extract enhances parieto-frontal connectivity during working memory processing
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Dietary patterns and Alzheimer's Disease: An updated review linking nutrition to neuroscience
Excess dietary sugar alters colonocyte metabolism and impairs the proliferative response to damage
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Dietary flavanols restore hippocampal-dependent memory in older adults with lower diet quality and lower habitual flavanol consumption
Multivitamin supplementation improves memory in older adults: A randomized clinical trial
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The effect of recent meal recall and its implications for weight loss
The role of memory ability, depth and mode of recall in the impact of memory on later consumption
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Moderators of the impact of (poly)phenols interventions on psychomotor functions and BDNF: Insights from subgroup analysis and meta-regression
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Impact of nut consumption on cognition across the lifespan
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The role of dietary and lifestyle factors in maintaining cognitive health
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Adherence to a Mediterranean Diet is associated with physical and cognitive health: A cross-sectional analysis of community-dwelling older Australians
Dietary patterns and cognitive function in older New Zealand adults: the REACH study
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MIND diet, common brain pathologies, and cognition in community-dwelling older adults
Markers of a plant-based diet relate to memory and executive function in older adults
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Adiposity, inflammation, and working memory: Evidence for a vicious cycle
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Training in cognitive strategies reduces eating and improves food choice
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Eating attentively: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of food intake memory and awareness on eating
An exploration of exercise-induced cognitive enhancement and transfer effects to dietary self-control
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Targeting executive function for weight loss in adults with overweight or obesity
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Intermittent fasting enhances long-term memory consolidation, adult hippocampal neurogenesis, and expression of longevity gene Klotho (animal)
The effects of twenty-one nutrients and phytonutrients on cognitive function: A narrative review
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Beneficial effects of dark chocolate for episodic memory in healthy young adults: A parallel-groups acute intervention with a white chocolate control
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Transgenerational response to nutrition, early life circumstances and longevity
Executive functioning and dietary intake: neurocognitive correlates of fruit, vegetable, and saturated fat intake in adults with obesity
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Decision-making impairments in women with binge eating disorder
Neural mechanisms in eating behaviors: a pilot fMRI study of emotional processing
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Evidence of executive dysfunction in extremely obese adolescents: a pilot study
Executive functions and consumption of fruits/ vegetables and high saturated fat foods in young adults
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Real-time fMRI neurofeedback training to improve eating behavior by self-regulation of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex: a randomized controlled trial in overweight and obese subjects
Relationships between dietary intake and cognitive function in healthy Korean children and adolescents
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Western diet consumption and cognitive impairment: links to hippocampal dysfunction and obesity
Diet quality and attention capacity in European adolescents: The Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence (HELENA) study.
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Genomic and epigenomic insights into nutrition and brain disorders
Nutrition and neurodevelopment: mechanisms of developmental dysfunction and disease in later life
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Hippocampal-dependent inhibitory learning and memory processes in the control of eating and drug taking
Dietary and nutrient status of children with attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder: a case-control study
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Decision making deficits in relation to food cues influence obesity: a triadic neural model of problematic eating
Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on binge eating disorder
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The Iowa gambling task as a measure of decision making in women with bulimia nervosa
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Nutrition and neurodevelopment in children: focus on NUTRIMENTHE project
A bidirectional relationship between executive function and health behavior: evidence, implications, and future directions
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Impact of nutrition on social decision making
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Acute effects of polyphenols on human attentional processes: A systematic review and meta-analysis
The effect of attentional bias modification on eating behavior among women craving high-calorie food
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Sweet cognition: The differential effects of glucose consumption on attentional food bias in individuals of lean and obese status
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Eat now or later: self-control as an overlapping cognitive mechanism of depression and obesity
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Cognitive control of eating: The role of memory in appetite and weight gain
Diet-induced cognitive deficits: The role of fat and sugar, potential mechanisms and nutritional interventions
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The cognitive control of eating and body weight: It's more than what you "think"
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Effects of high-fat diet exposure on learning & memory
Association between dietary flavonoids intake and cognitive function in an Italian cohort
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Effects of cocoa-derived polyphenols on cognitive function in humans. Systematic review and analysis of methodological aspects
Long-term intake of vegetables and fruits and subjective cognitive function in US men
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Fish intake may affect brain structure and improve cognitive ability in healthy people
A comprehensive review of eggs, choline, and lutein on cognition across the life-span
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Effects of 12-week avocado consumption on cognitive function among adults with overweight and obesity
Effects of lutein and Astaxanthin intake on the improvement of cognitive functions among healthy adults: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials
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Improved metabolic function and cognitive performance in middle-aged adults following a single dose of wild blueberry
Flavonoid-rich mixed berries maintain and improve cognitive function over a 6 h period in young healthy adults
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Adverse effects of consuming high fat-sugar diets on cognition: implications for understanding obesity
Interventions involving a major dietary component improve cognitive function in cognitively healthy adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Protocol and recruitment results from a 13-week randomized controlled trial comparing the effects of different doses of nitrate-rich beetroot juice on cognition, cerebral blood flow and peripheral vascular function in overweight and obese older people
Higher heart-rate variability is associated with ventromedial prefrontal cortex activity and increased resistance to temptation in dietary self-control challenges
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Interactions between metabolic, reward and cognitive processes in appetite control: Implications for novel weight management therapies
Mediterranean diet improves cognition: The PREDIMED-NAVARRA randomised trial
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Executive functioning and dietary intake: Neurocognitive correlates of fruit, vegetable, and saturated fat intake in adults with obesity
Sugar-sweetened and artificially-sweetened beverages and changes in cognitive function in the SUN project
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The longer-term impacts of Western diet on human cognition and the brain
Improvement in cognition following double-blind randomized micronutrient interventions in the general population
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The effect of high fat, high sugar, and combined high fat-high sugar diets on spatial learning and memory in rodents: a meta-analysis
The Western diet regulates hippocampal microvascular gene expression: An integrated genomic analyses in female mice (animal study)
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The cognitive control of eating and body weight: It's more than what you "think"
Prefrontal cortex inflammation and liver pathologies accompany cognitive and motor deficits following Western diet consumption in non-obese female mice (animal study)
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Dietary patterns during adulthood and cognitive performance in midlife: the CARDIA study
The relationships between vitamin K and cognition: A review of current evidence
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Western diet is associated with a smaller hippocampus: A longitudinal investigation
Intake of niacin, folate, vitamin B-6, and vitamin B-12 through young adulthood and cognitive function in midlife: the coronary artery risk development in young adults (CARDIA) study
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Effects of nutrients (in food) on the structure and function of the nervous system: update on dietary requirements for brain. Part 1: micronutrients
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Editorial: impact of diet on learning, memory and cognition
Diet-induced cognitive deficits: The role of fat and sugar, potential mechanisms and nutritional interventions
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Intake of vegetables and fruits through young adulthood is associated with better cognitive function in midlife in the US general population
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Intake of fruit and vegetables and the incident risk of cognitive disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies
Adverse effects of consuming high fat-sugar diets on cognition: Implications for understanding obesity