An international comparison suggests that diet has a really major impact on test scores: Breast milk reveals a correlation between dietary fats and academic success -- ScienceDaily
The authors seem to think they're talking about cause and effect; both fats are part of normal brain development, 'cos the brain is mostly fat. They might be right. Of course, some of us have been trying to use more omega-3 anyway. I wonder how much it would cost to raise the omega-3 (and lower the omega-6) content of school food.
"Looking at those 28 countries, the DHA content of breast milk was the single best predictor of math test performance," Gaulin said. The second best indicator was the amount of omega-6, and its effect is opposite. "Considering the benefits of omega-3 and the detriment of omega-6, we can get pretty darn close to explaining half the difference in scores between countries," he added. When DHA and LA are considered together, he added, they are twice as effective at predicting test scores as either is alone...
The authors seem to think they're talking about cause and effect; both fats are part of normal brain development, 'cos the brain is mostly fat. They might be right. Of course, some of us have been trying to use more omega-3 anyway. I wonder how much it would cost to raise the omega-3 (and lower the omega-6) content of school food.
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