Younger children who eat healthy have a higher IQ

Children who have been eating healthily from a young age have a higher IQ when they are eight. Children who eat junk food, have a slightly lower IQ. This was shown in a new scientific research by the Australian University of Adelaide.

The researchers viewed the eating habits of 7000 children when they were 6 months, 15 months, and two years old. Then their IQ was measured at eight years old. Children who were breastfed at 6 months and had a healthy eating pattern at 15 and 24 months, had an IQ that was over 2 points higher when they were eight years old. Children that consumed a lot of biscuits, chocolate, fizzy juice and crisps in the first two years of their lives, had an IQ of two points lower when they were eight years old.

Significant difference

"Although the difference in IQ isn't huge, this research proves that eating habits during the ages of 6 to 24 months have a small but significant effect on the IQ," says researcher Lisa Smithers.

Source: Gezondheidsnet via newsletter Organic Fresh Food Group (OFFG)