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Could eating fatty foods boost your memory?

Researchers at the University of California-Irvine think so. A team of scientists found that oleic acids from fats are converted into a memory-enhancing signals in the part of the brain responsible for remembering emotional events.

Oleic acid, or OEA, is found in unsaturated fats - or so-called "good fat" - such as olive oil, grape seed oil and acai berries.

It promotes weight loss and lower cholesterol, but now it may help with memory, too.

Researchers said OEAs helps animals remember where they found a nice, fatty meal.

"By helping mammals remember where and when they have eaten a fatty meal, OEA's memory-enhancing activity seems to have been an important evolutionary tool for early humans and other animals," Dr. Daniele Piomelli said.

"Remembering the location and context of a fatty meal was probably important survival mechanism for early humans."