About the event
Cognitive decline with age is common in healthy individuals and extends throughout adulthood. The same mechanisms responsible for normal aging, such as oxidative stress, neuroinflammation, and vascular dysfunction, also contribute to neurological diseases. Although there is a wealth of data on how nutrients and diets can support cognitive functions and brain health, their therapeutic and pharmacological potential in humans and clinical conditions remains largely unexplored. Major health organisations have not yet provided dietary recommendations for preserving brain health and cognition, nor have specific nutrients’ role in maintaining brain function during aging been clearly defined.
ILSI Europe’s Nutrition & Mental Performance Task Force embarked on this project in 2014 to review the evidence supporting how nutrients, food and diet influence brain health by organising a series of events on this topic.
Previous editions
The first workshop on Nutrition for the ageing Brain took place in 2014. It aimed to gather key experts in the field and discuss the latest evidence supporting how nutrients, food and diet influence brain health. These workshops grew and became a well-attended symposium, attracting in 2022 over 100 delegates (55% academia, 40% industry, 5% public institutions) from different countries.
Proceedings
Conference proceeding from the 2nd and 3rd editions were published in the journal Ageing Research Reviews, which also sponsored the symposium poster session.
2025 edition upcoming
The 5th edition of the Symposium will take place on 6 & 7 June 2025 in Chania, Crete (Greece) in collaboration with the Mediterranean Neuroscience Society conference taking place from 7 to 11 June in the same location. With this partnership, we wish to reach not only researchers but also clinicians and health practitioners to raise their awareness on the benefits of nutrition for mental health.
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