When did fish become recognized as brain food?

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• Contramuffin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  My understanding is that fish are relatively high in omega-3 fatty acids. I believe they’re important in neuronal function and cardiovascular function. Regardless, the media took the 2 facts and conflated the two to say that eating fish = lots of omega-3 fatty acids = good neuronal health = become smart

  You’ll find that the media does this quite a lot - they take reputable scientific research and extrapolate it so far outside its intended use case that the resulting news report is complete garbage

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• originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  when abe over in marketing needed a new gimmick. he got employee of the month!

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• theKalash@feddit.ch ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Not sure what “brain food” is supposed to mean.

  But pre agriculture civilisations heavily relied on fish and were almost exclusivily found near costs and rivers. So it’s been a very important food source for humans since pre-history.

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• Mothra@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Since before I’m born, and I’m in my mid 30s. My mother always said eating fish, especially those with bones, are good for the brain because near the bones you find phosphorus in higher concentrations, which is good for your neurons and memory.

  All that omega stuff is much newer though, but for me fish has always been “brain food”

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  • Bebo@literature.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I have heard that eating fish brains is very healthy because they contain lots of healthy fats and phosphorus. (incidentally, my mom and my grandpa used to tell me this!) We always eat bony fish anyway.

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  • someguy3@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Which fish are those? The only one that I know of where you can eat the bones is sardines.

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    • Mothra@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That is one yes. But also the tissue attaching the flesh to the bones. This means any fish, you don’t need to eat the bones themselves but you get more bang for your buck if you cook it with the bones.

      All this might be ol wives tales of course, but as far as reputation for brain food goes, that’s it

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    • BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      red snapper and king fish can also be eaten off of the bones

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    • cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Mackerel and kippers.

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• sosodev@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I can tell you something vaguely related about fish that’s pretty interesting. In northern parts of the world like Scandinavia there’s not much UV radiation during winter months. Our bodies need UV to produce vitamin D and we can have serious health defects (like rickets) without it.

  At some point it was recognized that eating fish, particularly those rich in Vitamin D, made people much healthier. So it was codified into their culture and traditions to eat these healthy fish. Often with preparations that would preserve the fish and its vitamin D content throughout the winter.

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• stella@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  high as fuck in protein

  and the brain is a muscle.

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  • feralbobcat@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The brain isn’t made of muscular tissue, it’s actually something like 60% fat.

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