How Nutrition Affects IQ
March 10, 2010 by Yafa Sakkejha
Filed under Featured, Health Articles
Eating healthy won’t just help your waistline – it can give you an unfair competitive advantage at school, work, and life.
Margarine decreases IQ
The Department of Paediatrics from the University of Aukland found that children who eat margarine on a daily basis are associated with significantly lower IQ scores. (1)
Sugar decreases IQ
A remarkable study conducted by Dr Jane Goodman at the University of Connecticut found that test subjects who drank a single coke had a decline in mental performance just 30 minutes after consumption, and made twice as many mistakes on a test 1 hour later, compared to the control group.
It was deemed that the sugar in the coke is what was primarily responsible for this effect. (2)
Fresh fruits & vegetables increase IQ
An informal experiment done at the University of Oregon by a professor was set up to test the IQs of his students. Students took an IQ test, then ate only raw fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds for 2 whole days following the test, and then took the IQ test again. Students on the raw diet scored an average of 40% higher on their IQ tests compared with their individual scores just 2 days earlier. (3)
Try increasing your fresh produce intake and watch your mental performance take off.
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2. Ibid
