This is Your Brain on Sugar Welcome to your This is Your Brain on Sugar Name Email Why do we continue to eat unhealthy food? It makes us happy by releasing dopamine We don't care about what we eat We have no self restraint It's in our DNA to enjoy it Our youth are having a hard time resisting unhealthy and sugary foods because their brains are not fully developed until their twenties. True False What has the speaker learned from her research on rats? They are nothing like humans The rats that ate high levels of sugar showed memory impairment The rats got fatter but their brains didn't change The rats were unable to perform tasks What can we do to reverse the effects of junk food on our brains? Exercise because it boosts your plasticity mechanisms in the brain Eat fruits and vegetables because they contain antioxidants and these fight inflammation and neuro-inflammation Eat oily fish because they contain a lot of Omega threes and these are able to boost neurogenesis All of the above How does the speaker want us to treat unhealthy foods? As rewards As a cure As a punishment As a requirement Time's up
