Welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition. Our company Nutritional Weight and Wellness provides life-changing

nutrition education and individual nutrition counseling. And every week we release a new podcast with a fresh topic.

Today, we're diving into a powerful and very important topic. And that is how the foods we eat

can help protect our brain and reduce our risk of developing dementia. I'm Kara Karpur,

licensed nutritionist, and board certified nutrition specialist. I'm Kara Karpur, licensed nutritionist and board-certified nutrition

specialist. I'm pleased to be here today with Melanie Beasley. My co-host, Mel, is a licensed

and registered dietitian. Hello, Mel. Good to see you. You too. Well, we often, you know,

we think about the brain health as something we don't need to really worry about until later in life.

But what we're eating now has significant impact on our brain function down the road.

And memory issues don't just happen overnight.

So I'm really excited about this topic.

And I love what you said about how the foods we eat can protect our brain and

reduce our risk of dementia. I think it's the number one thing we can control. But it's also the

number one thing that can have major impact adversely or positive. Right. Yep. Right. Like everything

we're putting in our mouth is either helping or hurting our brain. That's kind of the way I think

about it. Yeah, exactly. We're going to talk about how everyday food choices can support our

memory, our concentration, and overall cognitive function. More and more research points to

connections between nutrition, blood sugar control, or our glucose control, inflammation, and brain health.

So if we want to reduce the risk of memory loss from dementia or Alzheimer's disease, we really have to start talking more about how can we nourish our brains. Yeah, I love that

how we can nourish our brains. I also think that blood sugar balance is probably the biggest key

in protecting our brains from dementia. So, and many people are concerned about memory issues or

dementia, especially if they've watched a grandparent,

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