Dr. Wendy Suzuki
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Because it's very, very complicated.
Yes.
I don't know what you call it.
It's corrugated.
The outer covering is called the cortex.
And if you flatten this out, it would be huge.
It would be bigger than this table right here.
Really?
And why did it do that?
It did it because every cell in this cortex is a computational unit for the brain.
How do you get more computation in a small space?
Well, you fold it in on itself.
So little rats, love little rats, flat cortex.
But the most intelligent species like us, chimpanzees, whales have very, very
corrugated brains with lots of folds in the cortex.
The brain is part of the body, and what's good for the body is also good for the brain.
I would say the most well-studied diet that is beneficial for the brain is the Mediterranean diet.
And there are now multiple variations of that.
But it is basically a colorful diet that has less red meat, lots of lean proteins, and very, very colorful.
That's a simplistic way to put it.