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Could what you eat change your brain differently if you're female?
The brain uses about 20% of all the energy your body produces. But here's the part that often gets missed: female brains and male brains don't always respond to the same foods in the same way.
When estrogen declines, your brain starts looking for other sources of fuel. And the foods you eat determine whether it finds them.— Lisa Mosconi
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Neuroscientist & Brain Nutrition Researcher
Lisa Mosconi is a neuroscientist and director of the Women's Brain Initiative at Weill Cornell Medicine, specializing in how nutrition and hormones affect brain health.
Based on Lisa Mosconi: How the Food You Eat Affects Your Brain, summarised and reframed by Insights.
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