Diet related to smarts?

Is it true that someone who eats only healthy food is smarter or has the potential to be smarter than someone who eats junk food? This got me thinking because I like to have some greasy food now and then...

but does it kill my brain cells? Anyone have more information on this?

I would say that's partly true, people don't become dumber because they eat junk food, I think that eating alot of junk food brings your physical condition down, makes you more tired (watch super size me) so concequently being more tired makes you less aware of whats going on around you, makes it harder to think properly. Anyway that is my theory, because actually thats what has happend to me I think, Befor I started my new job I was in quite good physical condition, and because of my job I now eat alot of junk food and don't do much sport now I don't have the time. I have put on alot of weight, and I am always tired now, and I find I have more trouble concentrating on what I am doing, more trouble thinking, I feel I was alot brighter befor.

[edit on 9-5-2007 by WeSbO]

I think there is something to that. I think if you want to absorb more information your better with salads and to lay off the chips. I personally found that i'm more alert when i take my vitemins and meds, than when i'm not.

Wesbo has some good points...

Originally posted by WeSbO
...I think that eating alot of junk food brings your physical condition down, makes you more tired (watch super size me) so concequently being more tired makes you less aware of whats going on around you, makes it harder to think properly.

The other portion of this has to do with arteriosclerosis and with cholesterol plaque buildup in the blood vessels.

If your diet is rich in LDLs ("lousy DLs" is the name I use to remember them as opposed to "healthy DLS" (HDLs)) then these LDLs will start accumulating on the walls of your blood vessels and narrowing them earlier than will happen to your salad-eating friends. Fats in your bloodstream can reach pathological levels.

A nurse that I was talking to this week told me a story about fats in the bloodstream. She was working in the emergency room when someone came in who was in a cardiac crisis. She took the blood and as she started to put it into the rack, noticed a white froth on top. Thinking that there was something wrong with the test tube, she discarded that, got a fresh tube from a different batch, and took the blood again.

The same thing happened. A white creamy froth built up on the surface of the blood. When she asked about it, she was told that this was fat in the blood... you get buildups like this after a meal with a lot of fat in it, but that something was also going on in the man's body. This was a dangerously high load of fat.

And of course it would be plating itself to the arteries and veins... eventually blocking some of them and killing the areas beyond (blood clots, gangrene, and mini strokes.)

thanks Byrd!

but fat is good for the body too correct? how much fat is another ball game.

good fat are essential fatty acids.
Omega 3, 6, 9
take Udos Blend from GNC
Dr Udo is the fat doctor.
PS byrd I saw a show on wolves and the blood they drew from them was the same after eating cariboo fat.
very evident.
PS
You Are What You Eat.
mom must have taught you that?

Originally posted by misterfantastic
thanks Byrd!

but fat is good for the body too correct? how much fat is another ball game.

From what I've read, some amounts of fat are necessary for the body to operate most efficiently. I was looking into running, and read a number of reports (including from runners) that warned against trying to turn yourself into all lean muscle mass. Women who do this can have a lot of health problems as a result, including infertility.

I know from my reading that stored fat gives you energy and some nutrients are stored in the fat and that it also gives you some protection for your body.

And that's what I know from my reading!

The amount of fat eaten should be moderate and we should all use healthier fats such as olive oil. This falls under the phrase all things in moderation.