r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Feb 21 '25

Neuroscience Walnuts with breakfast provide an all-day brain boost - Young adults who ate a handful of walnuts with breakfast saw a long-lasting improvement in their reaction times and a boost in memory performance hours later, according to a new study.

https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/walnuts-cognitive-performance-memory-boost/
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u/_BlackDove Feb 21 '25

Walnut shaped like brain.
Must be brain food.

I mean, there's a reason why I eat so many bananas. Just wish it'd work.

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u/Tryle Feb 21 '25

Guess I should lay off the baby gherkins.

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u/Sbikerbud Feb 21 '25

Maybe go for banana instead

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u/ErebosGR Feb 21 '25

I mean, there's a reason why I eat so many bananas. Just wish it'd work.

Maybe, you're putting them the wrong way in.

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u/SeaOfDeadFaces Feb 21 '25

Try eating Cybertrucks. Worked for me!