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At times when I’ve been reading about foods and how they affect your body and mind. I remember reading once about somebody who switched from, eating meat etc and switching to a vegetarian diet and then went on to raw food. And said that the difference between the way he felt before switching to the various diets said he felt so much better. The main improvement he noticed were increased levels of energy and much clearer thinking.
Just recently through studies researchers have found there is a connection between what we eat and how we perform, when doing mental tasks. This particular research was done using children, so adults probably aren’t exempt from what certain foods can do to your mind.
It would seem there is a direct relationship between eating fatty and high sugar foods, which can affect children’s mental performance. During the study 5,500 children who were aged 11 years old were asked how much junk food they ate a week.
Over half of them had eaten some kind of fast-food three times in the week beforehand. Over 10 percent said that they had eaten junk food between four and six times in a week. And a further two percent said they had eaten junk food over four times a day.
They were given during the study some literacy and numeracy tasks which were tests, to see how well they performed. The pupils who consumed junk food four and six times a week had a score of 6.96 which was below average in reading.
The children that ate junk food daily went down a whopping 16.07 points, and the ones who had it three times over a day went down to 19.34 points those were for literacy tests.
For the new new numeracy tests the results were as following, the children eating four and six times a week of junk food their scores were 6.55 points, then those that ate it daily their scores were 14.82 points, and those who consumed it three times a day they scored 18.48 points.
Someone called Tam Fry has been quoted as saying, who is part of Britain’s National Obesity Forum if you give your children better food their concentration, learning and over all behavior improves a lot. Could be this one of the reasons why there are so many children these days, that are not doing so well academically and get bored and cause other problems in their lives.
This is most certainly a very interesting piece of research, as far as eating is concerned and how it affects your mind. Perhaps we as adults should take something away from this, because even though work isn’t so much like school, if you are doing a mentally challenging job and stuffing your face with junk food every day you probably aren’t going to get very far.
When I apply for a Mensa test next, I’ll make sure I eat plenty of pizza, McDonald’s and anything else I can get my hands on so I am guaranteed to fail. Game of Scrabble anyone ?
Source http://www.dailymail.co.uk
Because there is a proliferation of foods that are bad for us everywhere the main ones being that contain a lot of fat and sugar, not only do these foods make us put on weight they can also cause other damage as well it is now possible. To cause harm to your liver even if you don’t drink a lot because we eat a lot of fat and sugary foods, and a lot of us eat far more than we should per daily allowance of fat.
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calories,10 grams of saturated fat which is an awful lot, eat two of these and you’re eating over a thousand calories, and 20 grams of saturated fat, wow what a lot. Cholesterol wise this contains 80 milligrams, which is slightly higher than Burger King’s. And contains 25 grams of protein. This is quite a heavyweight contender as you can see. 
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1. Processed food is all about time saving, millions of pounds are spent every year on the junk that manufacturers pump out every year. Such is the methods that are used the overall quality, of the finished product mostly tends to be very low nutritional wise. This is one of the reasons why when you are eating processed food, you tend to feel far more hungry than you would do if you are eating fresh prepared food, the reality of this time difference is marginal. Fresh food in comparison tastes a lot better, processed food tends to taste very bland some of it to me, I would say is like eating cardboard although that is a bit of a slight exaggeration on my part. A lot of food stores that sell pre-packaged frozen processed food have now jumped on the healthy craze in order to cash in on healthy eating. But then again this all tends to lead to misleading information on the packaging. Let’s not mess about here the people that sell this garbage are interested in one thing only money. Nothing more and nothing less, do you really in your wildest dreams think that the people that make this junk are concerned about your health I think not. One particular tactic that is used, is to focus on one healthy point ie for instance the packaging might contain contains 20% less fat, but what they will fail to tell you is what sort of fat it is, is it unsaturated fat or saturated fat which is the unhealthy type. It may be the case that the particular product is low in fat but it also may be the case that it might have tons of sugar in order to compensate for this. Another thing that is used on a lot of processed food especially in our country is the round nutritional pie chart where you have sections of a pie chart, in order to see the calories contained within the product etc. What a lot of manufacturers have been doing just recently is putting down the values of either half or a quarter, of what it has in it say for instance, it might give you the total fat value. This to me seems to be another misleading way of trying to trick people into thinking they are buying something that is lower in fat when in actual fact it isn’t. And if you think about it if we are taking notice of what we are eating how come as a nation we are still getting fatter, the something is wrong somewhere don’t you think ? Have more money in your pocket 2. Processed food tends to be a lot more expensive than it is healthy counterpart if you think about the logistics of this here is why, when you’re eating food that is full of artificial crap and no nutrition whatsoever you’re bound to eat more of it. Here’s something for you to do go, out and compare fresh food compared to processed food and see how much difference there is you might be surprised at what you find some processed food is quite cheap admittedly but that’s no reason to eat it Boxes that contain processed food are bigger than the food inside it this is another psychological trick that you may not have realised. You’re not necessarily getting more for your money probably less if you look carefully. its synthetic 3. When food is processed a lot of the nutritional value is lost in the process so added synthetic vitamins and minerals are added in order to make the shortfall, the only problem with this is that they are nowhere near as good as their regional counterparts so in a way you’re cheating yourself yet again. As we said previously when you don’t get the correct vitamins and minerals from your food you will tend to eat more and because of the very nature of the food, you’re eating your more likely to gain weight. You see manufacturers can say packed with fortified vitamins but as we know they are no good. Where is it ? 4. Where is it indeed everything that should be in processed food isn’t, on a scale of one to 10, I would say that the nutritional value of processed food is about one, and that is being generous to say the least. Have you ever noticed on the back of the packet all the preservatives e numbers etc. what on earth do they mean will they do you harm are they good for you what exactly are they for, the problem with this is no one knows except the manufacturer. Is it alive !!!! 5. I would say almost definitely not all the living enzymes and/or bacteria that can be good for you doesn’t tend to be in processed foods and I dare say that phytochemicals probably aren’t there as well, which are important factor when it comes to free radicals in your body for these like plants soak up free radicals in your body which prevent disease. Is it worth investing in ? 6. When you buy this food you’re encouraging more being spent on it so therefore keeping it alive if less people spend more money on fresh fruit and vegetables and more money would encourage the growth of this particular industry. Not needed additions 7. Processed food tend to have tons of chemical additives which are no use whatsoever to you or the food things like artificial colouring and preservatives, so the food will last longer no use to you whatsoever for all you know these could cause harm without you even knowing. Mystery guests !!! 8. This type of particular food can have all sorts of strange odds and ends added during processing one particular example of this is sausages say or hot dog sausages to be more specific they can contain something called edible offal, i.e. different parts of the animal like ears. Are you a crack addict 9. It’s a well-known fact that fat and sugar are as addictive as heroin and cocaine they stimulate the same receptors in your brain that make you feel good this is what’s known as a dopamine high, manufacturers all too well know that. These substances are highly addictive that is why processed food does have a lots of hidden sugar and fat, so as to make it addictive and also enhance the taste. Listen to old advice 10. Can you remember when you were younger and your parents told you to eat more vegetables well guess what they were right. if you have any suggestions about this feel free to join in the discussion please by leaving your opinion below.
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