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The Importance of Preconception Nutrition
For things like dementia prevention or risk reduction, some of the most robust evidence really is in physical activity both aerobic and resistance training. I think when we're thinking about brain health and mental health, we really need to think of it as a long game. You know your prefrontal cortex isn't sport to be fully baked until you're about the age of 25. So that's why we need to really think about preconception nutrition because the neural crest the part of the developing embryo that becomes the brain and spinal cord really starts to develop very very early. The nutritional status at conception becomes really important for the the foundations of the brain.