Friday, August 14, 2009
Junk food dummies: How bingeing on burgers and chips can drain your brainpower
Shruthi Haasan
Junk food dummies: How bingeing on burgers and chips can drain your brainpower
Eating too much fast food will make you thicker in more ways than one, according to a study.
As well as expanding the waistline, a high-fat diet of curries, kebabs, burgers and chips can make you less intelligent.
The research was performed by scientists at Oxford University on rats.
A high-fat diet over less than ten days damaged the rodents’ short-term memory and made them less mentally alert, as well as significantly decreasing their ability to exercise.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-1206448/Junk-food-dummies-How-bingeing-burgers-chips-drain-brainpower.html#ixzz0OA0tlZKx
source: dailymail
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