Omega-3
Omega-3s are a family of essential polyunsaturated fats the body cannot make in meaningful amounts, so they must come from the plate. The two with the
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THE COLLECTION
Health Benefit: Brain Health
Every entry in this collection — sourced, checked and written to be read.
Choline
Choline is an often-overlooked essential nutrient that the body can make only in small amounts, so diet does most of the work. Egg yolks are the
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Homocysteine
A readout of B-vitamin status; folate, B12 and B6 bring it down. Raised levels track vascular and cognitive risk.
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Vitamin B12
Vitamin B12 is the most chemically complex of all the vitamins, and the only one your body cannot obtain from plants. It is found almost exclusively
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Folate
Folate is the natural form of vitamin B9, the leafy-green vitamin that takes its very name from “foliage”. It is abundant in spinach, lentils, asparagus, broccoli
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Vitamin B6
Vitamin B6, or pyridoxine, is one of the busiest vitamins in the body, acting as a coenzyme in well over a hundred reactions, most of them
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Mackerel
Mackerel is one of the most nutritious fish you can buy, and one of the most affordable oily
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Rainbow Trout
Rainbow trout is one of the most approachable oily fish on the fishmonger’s slab: milder and less assertive
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Scallops
Scallops are the sweet, delicate prize of the shellfish world, prized as much for that caramelised golden crust
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Pecans
Pecans are the buttery, mellow tree nut at the heart of the famous pie, but their nutrition deserves
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Anthocyanins
Anthocyanins are the pigments behind blueberries, black beans and pomegranate — among the most studied polyphenols for vascular and cognitive health.
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Mediterranean Salmon Bowl
Pan-seared salmon over lemony quinoa with cucumber, cherry tomatoes, olives and a garlicky yogurt drizzle. A full serving of oily fish and five vegetables…
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