NeuroAlimenta: Foundational Laws for a Unified Science of Nutrition and Brain Performance

This paper introduces <i>NeuroAlimenta</i>, a proposed scientific domain that unifies nutrition science, cognitive neuroscience, and psychology into a law-based framework for understanding the influence of food on the brain. The work formulates five foundational laws — the Principle of Cognitive Fueling, the Law of Temporal Nutriment, the Gut–Synapse Continuum, the Emotional Nutrition Principle, and the NeuroAlimenta Adaptive Loop.Alongside these laws, new terminology is proposed, including the <b>Cognitrophic Index (CI)</b> for evaluating diet–cognition relationships, the <b>NeuroAlimental Window (NAW)</b> for timing-based effects, <b>Synaptogenic Nutrients</b> for synaptic plasticity, <b>Emotionotrophic Mapping</b> for emotional modulation, and the <b>Adaptive Crave Feedback (ACF) model</b> for understanding cravings as neural signals.This first disclosure positions <i>NeuroAlimenta</i> as a replicable framework for interdisciplinary research and application, spanning education, clinical health, and occupational performance. It establishes nutrition not only as a determinant of metabolic health but also as an active architect of cognition, memory, and emotion.<b>Keywords:</b> NeuroAlimenta, Cognitrophic Index, Gut–Synapse Continuum, Emotional Nutrition, Cognitive Performance, Adaptive Neural Feedback<b>Thanks to Figshare for providing an open platform to share and preserve this research.</b>