Nutritional influences on human neurocognitive functioning

The authors focused specifically on an intervention involving dietary elimination of gluten (the major protein in wheat, barley and rye) and casein (found in mammalian dairy products), and reported that this gluten and casein free dietary intervention was effective in enhancing such functions as lan...

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Published inFrontiers in human neuroscience Vol. 8; p. 358
Main Authors Smith, Michael A, Scholey, Andrew B
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland Frontiers Research Foundation 27.05.2014
Frontiers Media S.A
Subjects
Autism
Blood flow
Brain
Caffeine
Casein
Cerebral blood flow
Cognition
Cognition & reasoning
Cognitive ability
Cognitive development
Consumption
Dairy products
Diet
Fatty acids
Glucose
Gluten
Infrared spectroscopy
Intervention
Iron
Malnutrition
Medical imaging
Memory
Motor task performance
neurocognitive functioning
Neuroimaging
Neuroscience
nutrition
Nutrition research
Polyphenols
Sociodemographics
Spectrum analysis
Studies
Teenagers
nutrition
diet
brain
neurocognitive functioning
neuroimaging
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Summary:The authors focused specifically on an intervention involving dietary elimination of gluten (the major protein in wheat, barley and rye) and casein (found in mammalian dairy products), and reported that this gluten and casein free dietary intervention was effective in enhancing such functions as language, attention and motor control in individuals with autism spectrum disorders. [...]it appears that more studies are needed to ascertain the specific benefits of breakfast on neurocognitive performance. [...]in recent years neuroimaging studies have made a substantial contribution to our understanding of the neurocognitive mechanisms underpinning nutritional influences on human cognitive performance. [...]Jackson and Kennedy (2013) discuss the ways in which near-infrared spectroscopy has proven useful in detecting changes in cerebral blood flow following ingestion of dietary constituents including caffeine, polyphenols and omega-3 fatty acids.
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Edited and reviewed by: Hauke R. Heekeren, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
This article was submitted to the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.
ISSN:1662-5161
1662-5161
DOI:10.3389/fnhum.2014.00358