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But here’s the thing about sugar and your brain: Your noggin needs it because sugar is actually its main fuel. Our brains run on glucose—it fuels our cells, including our brain cells. We’re evolutionarily programmed to like sweets since they’re a great energy source. And when glucose...
The sugars it contains activate the sweet-taste receptors, part of the taste buds on the tongue. 它所含的糖分会触发甜味受体,也就是舌头上味蕾的一部分。 These receptors send a signal up to the brain stem, 这些受体会向脑干发送信号, and from there,...
(Beilharz, Kaakoush, Maniam, and Morris, 2016, p. 309). Place recognition tests confirmed the effects on memory with the sugar fed group being considerably lower in their scores. Sugar was the factor that proved to be "crucial for the memory deficits." (Beilharz et al., 2016, p. ...
13 This type of diet also leads to clear negative effects on the mental health of today’s teenagers. Research has shown that the quality of teenagers’ diets in adolescence may even affect their mental health for the rest of their lives.14 Dementia In the landmark Rotterdam study15 6,370...
Beyond these direct effects of high and low blood sugar on the brain, recent research suggests thattoo much variabilityin blood sugar may also act on many of the same pathways that contribute to brain issues, including inflammation and elevated oxidative stress. This means the brain risks re...
When we eat or drink sugary foods, the sugar enters our blood and effects parts of our brain that make us feel good. Then the good feeling goes away, leaving us wanting more. All tasty food do this, but sugar has a particular strong effect. In this way, it is in fact an addictive...
Side effects of eating too much sugar The occasional sugar binge is one thing, but eating too much sugar on a regular basis can have long-term effects and increase the likelihood that you will develop certain health conditions. 1. Weight gain and obesity ...
This amounts to hundreds of billions of dollars spent on medical and social care because of the cognitive effects of the disease. Dr. Omar Kassaar, also from the University of Bath, further added that “excess sugar is well known to be bad for us when it comes to diabetes and obesity,...
Dependence of the brain on glucose as its obligatory fuel derives mainly from the blood–brain barrier (BBB; see Glossary), and its selective permeability for glucose in the adult brain. Glucose cannot be replaced as an energy source, but it can be supplemented, as during strenuous physical ac...