How the food you eat affect your brain

How the food you eat affect your brain

1. GLUCOSE

   • MOST OF OUR ENERGY COMES FROM CARBOHYDRATES
     • STARCH
     • SUGAR
     • FIBRE

2. PROTEINS AND AMINO ACIDS

   • THEY ARE THE BUILDIN BLOCK NUTRIENTS OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
   • THEY MANIPULATE HOW WE FEEL AND BEHAVE
   • AMINO ACIDS CONTAIN THE PRECURSORS TO NEUROTRNASMITTERS

3. COMPONENTS OF A DEHYDRATED BRAIN

   • PROTEINS AND AMINO ACIDS
   • FATS
   • MICRONUTRIENTS
   • GLUCOSE

4. FATS

   • + OMEGA 3&6
     • NUTS, SEEDS AND FATTY FISH
   • - TRANS AND SATURATED
     • FRIED, SWEET AND FAST FOOD

5. MICRONUTRIENTS

   • ANTIOXIDANTS IN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
     • THEY STRENGTHEN THE BRAIN TO FIGHT OFF FREE RADICALS THAT DESTROY BRAIN CELLS
     • VITAMINS B6, B12, FOLIC ACID; IRON, COPPER, ZINC AND SODIUM

6. BRAIN

   • ONLY 2% OF OUR BODY WEIGHT
   • IT USES UP 20% OF OUR ENERGY RESOURCES

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