Studies at the Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research has shown that copper and zinc have important roles in brain function.
Scientists at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have now described the importance of adequate amounts of copper in brain function. Their animal studies indicate that adequate consumption of copper is essential to the fetus during pregnancy.
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Nutrition is a complex process that allows the cycle of life, which supplies substances that act as sources of energy in the cell structure and the control of metabolism, and function to maintain homeostasis. According to some authors, such as Bourges, the nutritional phenotype is a result of interaction between the genetic information of each person, physical, biological, emotional and social development. Environmental factors involved in the homeostasis of organisms are several, notably the diet which influences the incidence of common chronic diseases.
Research shows that the same hormone that generates hunger improves memory
We are talking about ghrelin, a small protein that regulates food intake, increased levels of anxiety and, as findings at the National University of Cordoba (UNC) also optimizes memory. This evidence now opens a route to finding drugs able to modify those processes.
Seven years ago it was discovered that the ghrelin, also called “the hunger hormone”, is closely related to the start of food intake, and it was confirmed that before meals high levels of this peptide (small protein)are present. Many scientific studies were conducted on the topic, especially those intended to find the function and the possible role of this substance in the origin and treatment of obesity and anorexia.
