There is a problem with the article. The data doesn't show cause and effect it shows correlation. The argument seems valid and logical but the jump can't be made that healthy food will prevent brain shrinkage without further study. It may be true but it hasn't been proven yet nor even shown yet. Making that leap is like making the leap of shoe size and long jumping in middle school children. There is a high correlation that says larger shoe sizes make better long jumpers in middle schoolers. That doesn't mean putting a kid in shoes 4 sizes too large will make them jump farther. This example is obviously illogical but the article has its own flaws. The data may be good but all it says is that people who have high healthy fats in their blood tend to have larger brains. It doesn't say that they are less likely to have Alzheimer (no longterm study has been done to prove it) and it doesn't say that whether or not these people have larger brain sizes to begin with and it doesn't say whether or not smaller brain sizes cause people to eat less healthy. Good article but there is much research still needed.
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There is a problem with the article. The data doesn't show cause and effect it shows correlation. The argument seems valid and logical but the jump can't be made that healthy food will prevent brain shrinkage without further study. It may be true but it hasn't been proven yet nor even shown yet. Making that leap is like making the leap of shoe size and long jumping in middle school children. There is a high correlation that says larger shoe sizes make better long jumpers in middle schoolers. That doesn't mean putting a kid in shoes 4 sizes too large will make them jump farther. This example is obviously illogical but the article has its own flaws. The data may be good but all it says is that people who have high healthy fats in their blood tend to have larger brains. It doesn't say that they are less likely to have Alzheimer (no longterm study has been done to prove it) and it doesn't say that whether or not these people have larger brain sizes to begin with and it doesn't say whether or not smaller brain sizes cause people to eat less healthy. Good article but there is much research still needed.