WOMEN’S BRAIN HEALTH SUMMIT: Dr. Martha Clare Morris on What You Should Be Eating For Your Brain
At The Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement and Lifetime Television’s “A Women’s Health Summit: It Starts with the Brain” on November 1, 2017, Dr. Martha Clare Morris, Director of the Rush Institute for Healthy Aging and the MIND Center for Brain Health, spoke about how the right diet can help preserve brain function.
“You can eat to preserve your brain and keep it functioning at optimal levels. Try a plant-based diet that’s low in fried foods and low in saturated and trans fats,” she told WAM founder Maria Shriver.
Watch their conversation below:
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