My understanding is that fish are relatively high in omega-3 fatty acids. I believe they’re important in neuronal function and cardiovascular function. Regardless, the media took the 2 facts and conflated the two to say that eating fish = lots of omega-3 fatty acids = good neuronal health = become smart
You’ll find that the media does this quite a lot - they take reputable scientific research and extrapolate it so far outside its intended use case that the resulting news report is complete garbage
Since before I’m born, and I’m in my mid 30s. My mother always said eating fish, especially those with bones, are good for the brain because near the bones you find phosphorus in higher concentrations, which is good for your neurons and memory.
All that omega stuff is much newer though, but for me fish has always been “brain food”
I have heard that eating fish brains is very healthy because they contain lots of healthy fats and phosphorus. (incidentally, my mom and my grandpa used to tell me this!) We always eat bony fish anyway.
Which fish are those? The only one that I know of where you can eat the bones is sardines.
Mackerel and kippers.
red snapper and king fish can also be eaten off of the bones
That is one yes. But also the tissue attaching the flesh to the bones. This means any fish, you don’t need to eat the bones themselves but you get more bang for your buck if you cook it with the bones.
All this might be ol wives tales of course, but as far as reputation for brain food goes, that’s it
when abe over in marketing needed a new gimmick. he got employee of the month!
high as fuck in protein
and the brain is a muscle.
The brain isn’t made of muscular tissue, it’s actually something like 60% fat.
