article_snippet.sent: Regularly eating food high in fat and sugar leads to inflammation in the hippocampus .
article_snippet.sent: Eating too much junk food: Cakes, chips and biscuits won't just impact on the waistline - chips and biscuits can adversely affect your memory, too.
article_snippet.sent: Recent research has found that regularly eating food high in fat and sugar leads to inflammation in the hippocampus.
article_snippet.sent: Scientists at the University of New South Wales, Australia, found that eating these foods every day caused inflammation in the brain after just one week.
article_snippet.sent: Yet to retain your mental ability and memory skills for as long as possible you need to keep the brain stimulated.
article_snippet.sent: Think of it this way: just as our bodies need physical exercise in order to stay as strong as possible so, too, do our brains.
article_snippet.sent: Try to include oily fish such as trout, salmon or mackerel three times a week: the latest research suggests this is a good way to stop brain shrinkage.
article_snippet.sent: oily fish such as trout, salmon or mackerel three times a week contain omega-3 fatty acids and research has found that people with the highest level of these have less shrinkage in the hippocampus, the area associated with memory.
highlights_snippet.sent: While other body cells can take fuel from elsewhere, the brain relies on a good supply of glucose from the blood.
highlights_snippet.sent: That's why skipping a meal can affect reasoning, cognition and memory.
  