Nuts and concentration

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I have had a challenging semester, and I've studied more than ever before. I overworked myself a few weeks ago because of having 6 tests in a two week period, and toward the end of that time I had a couple of episodes where I lost my focus completely. As a result of this, I did not do as well as I'd hoped on my Calculus midterm.

This past week, I had to prepare for 4 tests in about 10 days, and I felt the same thing happening. I had a really strong desire to buy some mixed nuts, which I used to eat frequently, but haven't had for a while. I bought some, and after eating them I felt like an intelligent person again. I believe that I did very well on my Physics test this morning, and I have had no problem doing triple integrals and changing variables this afternoon.

I have nothing to go on besides my experience and the knowledge that nuts contain various amino acids, minerals, and healthy fats. A quick search of Google didn't turn up any definitive, reliable sources, but several people made unsourced statements that eating nuts helps cognitive functioning.

Does anyone have academic sources that support this hypothesis, or similar experiences?

www.naturalnews.com/034503_resveratrol_ ... ction.html

Not sure if that link worked.

Thanks! That's exactly the type of well-sourced article by a health professional that I wanted to find.

yay! eat more nuts!

Evidently, nuts help with much more than thinking.

I just heard on a podcast of NPR's Science Friday about an article in the New England Journal of Medicine regarding a 30-year study with over 100,000 participants that looked at many factors that could influence health and longevity. I was falling asleep as I was listening to it, but the researcher seemed pretty astonished by the effects that daily nut consumption had on the subjects, and intends to investigate the blood samples from the participants to try to figure out how it produced such a significant reduction in susceptibility to various -- seemingly unrelated -- diseases.