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Your Trash Diet Might Be Causing Your Brain to Shrink Faster<!-- wp:html --><p>Anshita Nair / Unsplah</p> <p>“With age comes wisdom,” the old adage goes. However, new scientific research challenges that sentiment—at least for some people.</p> <p>In a new <a href="https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2205448120">study published Monday</a> in the journal <em>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, </em>researchers found that members of two indigenous South American communities showed less decline in brain volume as they aged when compared to folks in the U.S. and Europe. The findings add more grist to the body of research into how one’s environment, diet, and lifestyle impact the brain’s health over time—and how most humans ought to shape their own behaviors to ensure optimal brain health long into old age.</p> <p>Specifically, the researchers looked at people in the Tismane and Moseten communities, two indigenous populations who live primarily in the Amazon. The cultures primarily rely on hunting, fishing, and gathering in order to survive and live relatively far from industrialized areas.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/your-trash-diet-might-be-causing-your-brain-to-shrink-faster">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p> <p>Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/tips">here</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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“With age comes wisdom,” the old adage goes. However, new scientific research challenges that sentiment—at least for some people.

In a new study published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers found that members of two indigenous South American communities showed less decline in brain volume as they aged when compared to folks in the U.S. and Europe. The findings add more grist to the body of research into how one’s environment, diet, and lifestyle impact the brain’s health over time—and how most humans ought to shape their own behaviors to ensure optimal brain health long into old age.

Specifically, the researchers looked at people in the Tismane and Moseten communities, two indigenous populations who live primarily in the Amazon. The cultures primarily rely on hunting, fishing, and gathering in order to survive and live relatively far from industrialized areas.

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