Dietary Fat and Your Brain

Your brain needs fat — not only to survive, but to thrive! Your mitochondria (think of these as your cell’s energy factories) need fat to keep everything in your body and brain going! In fact, ketogenic diets remove all carbohydrates and subsist solely on protein and fat — which are technically the only two macronutrients needed to sustain life. But you don’t need to go to those extreme lengths to understand the absolute necessity of fat for your brain.