How sugar affects the brain - Nicole Avena
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-sugar-affects-the-brain-nicole-avena When you eat something loaded with sugar, your taste buds, your gut and your brain all take notice. This...
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Picture warm, gooey cookies,crunchy candies, velvety cakes,waffle cones piled high with ice cream.Is your mouth watering?Are you craving dessert?Why?What happens in the brain that makes sugary foods so hard to resist?Sugar is a general term used to describe a class of moleculescalled carbohydrates,and it's found in a wide variety of food and drink.Just check the labels on sweet products you buy.Glucose, fructose, sucrose,maltose, lactose, dextrose, and starchare all forms of sugar.So are high-fructose corn syrup,fruit juice, raw sugar, and honey.And sugar isn't just in candies and desserts,it's also added to tomato sauce,yogurt, dried fruit, flavored waters, or granola bars.Since sugar is everywhere, it's important to understandhow it aff...
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Picture warm, gooey cookies,crunchy candies, velvety cakes,waffle cones piled high with ice cream.Is your mouth watering?Are you craving dessert?Why?What happens in the brain that makes sugary foods so hard to resist?Sugar is a general term used to describe a class of moleculescalled carbohydrates,and it's found in a wide variety of food and drink.Just check the labels on sweet products you buy.Glucose, fructose, sucrose,maltose, lactose, dextrose, and starchare all forms of sugar.So are high-fructose corn syrup,fruit juice, raw sugar, and honey.And sugar isn't just in candies and desserts,it's also added to tomato sauce,yogurt, dried fruit, flavored waters, or granola bars.Since sugar is everywhere, it's important to understandhow it aff...
