So that's why I've lost my 'cognitive flexibility'

If you love your fried, fatty foods smothered in chocolate and generously dusted with icing sugar? Then, you might just have to say goodbye to mental acuity. A new research conducted in Oregon State University has revealed that a high-sugar, high-fat diet can drastically modify your gut bacteria which in turn may lead to significant losses in ‘cognitive flexibility’ – a measurement of the brain’s ability to switch between thinking about one concept to another, and to adapt to changes in the environment. The study, which was conducted on mice and published this week in the journal Neuroscience, showed that a high-sugar diet was detrimental to brain function, leading not only to decreased cognitive flexibility but also to impairments in both short- and long-term memory – thereby increasing your chances of dementia later in life...more