Discovering the essentiality of DHA: the African story

<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-family: Calibri, Arial;">Dr. Michael Crawford describes how his career began in Africa, why he studied brain chemistry and his African experience. His discovery of the primary essentiality of DHA to build and maintain the brain. Hear his early learnings, how opportunity, basic science, and 32 species in Uganda answered this question: Why do animals have different size brains? Bonus! You get to hear about his new book, Brain Under Siege, expected fall 2021. </span><br><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-family: Calibri, Arial;"><strong>Topics Discussed:</strong></span><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-family: Calibri, Arial;">2:10 Introduction to his African experience </span><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-family: Calibri, Arial;">6:46 Deep dive into research on brain chemistry </span><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-family: Calibri, Arial;">9:20 Discovery of DHA to build and maintain the brain </span><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-family: Calibri, Arial;">12:06 What you should know about DHA and the brain </span><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-family: Calibri, Arial;">15:26 Sources of DHA and trace elements </span><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-family: Calibri, Arial;">18:30 Dr. Crawford's book Brain Under Siege </span><br><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-family: Calibri, Arial;"><strong>Resources Mentioned in this episode: </strong></span><br><br><a href="https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/michael.crawford" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(17,85,204);font-size: 10pt;font-family: Calibri, Arial;"><ins>Michael Crawford Bio</ins></span></a><br><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4949878/" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(17,85,204);font-size: 10pt;font-family: Calibri, Arial;"><ins>1971 paper mentioned</ins></span></a> <br><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4203709/" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(17,85,204);font-size: 10pt;font-family: Calibri, Arial;"><ins>1973 paper mentioned</ins></span></a><br><a