Medscape Multispecialty
Bret S. Stetka, MD; Felice N. Jacka, PhD
February 13, 2014
Brain Food: What to Avoid
Medscape’s 2-part Brain Food slideshow series looked at how what we eat can benefit the brain. From salmon cutting stroke risk to coffee curbing depression, the data are copious. But the past couple of years have seen countless studies also looking at how certain foods and dietary patterns can impair neurologic and psychiatric function. Based primarily on Medscape Medical News coverage and expert opinion, this slideshow examines recent data on what foods we should potentially avoid in the interest of preserving our cognitive capacities, and fending off — or at least slowing — diseases of the brain.