Nutrition can boost healing after brain injury

A new report published by the Institute of Medicine suggests that nutrition may boost brain healing, especially if a patient gets the right mix soon after an injury. Ausim Azizi, a neurologist at Temple's School of Medicine, said the need for "early feeding" is well known, but the new report does point to the type of nutrition that may best protect the brain from further injury. "If we design a type of milkshake that cannot only help the body but can give a few extra proteins and vitamins and amino acids and chemicals that are essential for building the brain, that would be even more helpful," he said.
April 22, 2011 | WHYY-FM