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KynloStephen66515

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This Is Your Brain On Sugar:Study in Rats Shows...
« on: May 15, 2012, 06:27 PM »
This Is Your Brain On Sugar: Study in Rats Shows High-Fructose Diet Sabotages Learning, Memory

Attention, college students cramming between midterms and finals: Binging on soda and sweets for as little as six weeks may make you stupid.

A new UCLA rat study is the first to show how a diet steadily high in fructose slows the brain, hampering memory and learning -- and how omega-3 fatty acids can counteract the disruption. The peer-reviewed Journal of Physiology publishes the findings in its May 15 edition.

"Our findings illustrate that what you eat affects how you think," said Fernando Gomez-Pinilla, a professor of neurosurgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and a professor of integrative biology and physiology in the UCLA College of Letters and Science. "Eating a high-fructose diet over the long term alters your brain's ability to learn and remember information. But adding omega-3 fatty acids to your meals can help minimize the damage."

While earlier research has revealed how fructose harms the body through its role in diabetes, obesity and fatty liver, this study is the first to uncover how the sweetener influences the brain.

The UCLA team zeroed in on high-fructose corn syrup, an inexpensive liquid six times sweeter than cane sugar, that is commonly added to processed foods, including soft drinks, condiments, applesauce and baby food. The average American consumes more than 40 pounds of high-fructose corn syrup per year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. "We're not talking about naturally occurring fructose in fruits, which also contain important antioxidants," explained Gomez-Pinilla, who is also a member of UCLA's Brain Research Institute and Brain Injury Research Center. "We're concerned about high-fructose corn syrup that is added to manufactured food products as a sweetener and preservative."

Read More: http://www.scienceda.../05/120515150938.htm

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Re: This Is Your Brain On Sugar:Study in Rats Shows...
« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2012, 07:15 PM »
I believe the reply to this argument can be found here:  Evolving Health: Fate of fructose Interview with Dr. John Sievenpiper

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Re: This Is Your Brain On Sugar:Study in Rats Shows...
« Reply #2 on: June 24, 2012, 07:39 PM »
 :huh: Why don't I remember this post at all

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Re: This Is Your Brain On Sugar:Study in Rats Shows...
« Reply #3 on: June 24, 2012, 08:22 PM »
:huh: Why don't I remember this post at all
-Stephen66515 (June 24, 2012, 07:39 PM)

Because of your high-fructose diet.

This is your brain on sugar.

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Re: This Is Your Brain On Sugar:Study in Rats Shows...
« Reply #4 on: June 24, 2012, 08:26 PM »
Damnit, Foiled Again!

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Re: This Is Your Brain On Sugar:Study in Rats Shows...
« Reply #5 on: June 24, 2012, 11:15 PM »
Live a day in your own shoes...they are far comfier than the other persons!

If they are a woman and wear high heels, I would doubt that.

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Re: This Is Your Brain On Sugar:Study in Rats Shows...
« Reply #6 on: June 25, 2012, 04:56 AM »
Hey! It's not only women who wear high heeled fashion shoes you know!

Oops.

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Re: This Is Your Brain On Sugar:Study in Rats Shows...
« Reply #7 on: June 25, 2012, 06:36 PM »
@IainB:
A reminder, the 70's are over....really!   :P

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Re: This Is Your Brain On Sugar:Study in Rats Shows...
« Reply #8 on: June 25, 2012, 06:42 PM »
@IainB:
A reminder, the 70's are over....really!   :P



STYLISH!

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Re: This Is Your Brain On Sugar:Study in Rats Shows...
« Reply #9 on: June 25, 2012, 10:09 PM »
Thankyou for thinking of me...      ;)

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Re: This Is Your Brain On Sugar:Study in Rats Shows...
« Reply #10 on: June 26, 2012, 07:05 AM »
Thankyou for thinking of me...      ;)

Hay if the South can spend the last 100+ years claiming it was going to rise again ... Then we can bring back the 70s.

You Damn Straight!