The Food Linked To Higher IQ — And Better Sleep

I grill salmon at least twice a week, 20 minutes to get done. Pickled beets also to get nitric oxide.
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Eat it once a week for the full effect.

Eating fish once a week is linked to higher IQs and better sleep, new research finds.

This study is one of the first to provide more concrete links between omega-3 fatty acids and improved intelligence and sleep.

Dr Jianghong Liu, the study’s first author, said:

“This area of research is not well-developed.

It’s emerging.

Here we look at omega-3s coming from our food instead of from supplements.”

For the study, the researchers followed 541 children aged 9-11 in China.

Children who reported eating fish once a week had almost 5 IQ points more than those who ate little or none.

More fish was also linked to fewer sleep disturbances.

Professor Adrian Raine, study co-author, said:

“Lack of sleep is associated with antisocial behavior; poor cognition is associated with antisocial behavior.

We have found that omega-3 supplements reduce antisocial behavior, so it’s not too surprising that fish is behind this.”

Professor Jennifer Pinto-Martin, study co-author, said:

“It adds to the growing body of evidence showing that fish consumption has really positive health benefits and should be something more heavily advertised and promoted.

Children should be introduced to it early on.

Introducing the taste early makes it more palatable.

It really has to be a concerted effort, especially in a culture where fish is not as commonly served or smelled.

Children are sensitive to smell.

If they’re not used to it, they may shy away from it.”

Small increases in the amount of fish consumed could be beneficial to families.

Professor Raine said:

“Doing that could be a lot easier than nudging children about going to bed.

If the fish improves sleep, great. If it also improves cognitive performance — like we’ve seen here — even better. It’s a double hit.”

The Popular Supplement That Will Boost Your IQ

Bet you never hear about this from your doctor. Don't do this on your own, you would hate to be smarter than your doctor.
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Improve both your memory and intelligence with a popular supplement.

Creatine — a popular dietary supplement — boosts IQ and working memory, research finds.
Creatine is generally known as a supplement used by athletes for gaining muscle mass.
But that is not its only effect.
For the research vegetarians and vegans were given creatine supplementation.
Dr Caroline Rae, who led the study, explained the choice:

“Vegetarians or vegans were chosen for the study as carnivores and omnivores obtain a variable level of creatine depending on the amount and type of meat they eat – although to reach the level of supplementation in this experiment would involve eating around 2 kg of meat a day!”

Dr Rae said that creatine was a natural choice to test:

“We know that creatine plays a pivotal role in maintaining energy levels in the brain.
So it was a reasonable hypothesis that supplementing a diet with creatine could assist brain function.”

The creatine supplementation was tested over six weeks with participants taking 5g each day.
Dr Rae explained the results of the cognitive tests:

“Both of these tests require fast brain power and the Raven’s task was conducted under time pressure.
The results were clear with both our experimental groups and in both test scenarios: creatine supplementation gave a significant measurable boost to brain power.
For example in the digit span test subjects ability to remember long numbers, like telephone numbers, improved from a number length of about 7 to an average of 8.5 digits.
These findings underline a dynamic and significant role of brain energy capacity in influencing brain performance.
Increasing the energy available for computation increases the power of the brain and this is reflected directly in improved general ability.”