Eat nuts to replenish your brain? Experts say daily intake may improve cognitive function.

Original title: Eat nuts to replenish your brain? Experts say daily intake may improve cognitive function
Nuts are a type of fruit in plants and are commonly used to refer to dried fruits with hard peels. A new study from the University of South Australia, published in the French health magazine Medisite, suggests that adding 10 grams of nuts a day can help boost cognitive function in the brain by 60 percent.
The researchers in the study, who looked at the amount of nuts consumed daily by 4,822 Asians over the age of 55, found that those who ate more than 10g of nuts a day had better memory and reasoning skills, and that those who ate two teaspoons of nuts a day had 60 percent better brain cognitive function than those who did not. The study also found that eating nuts could also prevent diseases in older people such as Alzheimer's disease.
are rich in fats, protein and dietary fiber to lower cholesterol, and daily nut supplementation can help older people improve cognitive function in the brain, said Lee Myung-bak, who heads the project. (Liu Jiajun Zhao Yiyi)