Learn about whether what you eat can really affect your intelligence, to how we’ve evolved to crave sugary foods!
Contains the following Continuing Education modules:
- Nutrition and Brain Performance
- Brain and Food Decisions
- Ketosis and Brain Performance
- Brain and Gut Microbiome
- Sugar Cravings
Nutrition and Brain Performance
We often hear the term “brain foods”, but can our diet really makes us smarter? We dive into the scientific research behind the nutrients that are said to make us more intelligent, and see if there’s any truth to these claims.
In this module you will learn…
- The effect of low-carb diets on appetite
- Whether fructose is making us fat
- If plate colour can help you eat healthier
- Why sugar is so hard to resist
- What influences our food choices
Brain and Food Decisions
To eat, or not to eat? And then, what or how much? These questions occupy your brain more often than you think. We delve into the neuroscience of healthy (or not so healthy) food choices… and what you can do about them.
In this module you will learn…
- How our brain makes decisions about food
- Who (or what) is to blame for our poor food choices
- Whether our subconscious could be sabotaging our best efforts
- How we might be able to convince our brains to make better decisions
Ketosis and Brain Performance
The speed and sharpness of your neural circuitry is highly dependent on your blood’s glucose supply. But, with so many of us trying to cut out carbs, might our intellectual performance, our focus, and our brain-processing speed suffer as a result?
In this module you will learn…
- Whether our brain can perform without carbs, or if it always needs some glucose to function
- The fundamentals of ketogenesis and ketosis
- The truth behind ketones, the ketogenic diet, and cognitive performance
- Who may benefit from going on a ketogenic diet, and who may want to avoid it
Brain and Gut Microbiome
In this module you will learn about the bacteria that live in your gut, and the surprising ways in which they impact your life. But is our microbiome genetically predetermined, or can we make changes for the better?
In this module you will learn…
- How our brain and gut are connected
- What the trillions of bacteria in our gut are really up to
- The fundamentals of the gut microbiome, and whether it can really change our mood and behaviour
- If stress can impact our gut
- Whether taking probiotics might elevate our mood
Sugar Cravings
Why is sugar so addictive? To answer this, we’re going to dive into the science of how your brain responds to sugar.
In this module you will learn…
- Why sugar is so hard to resist
- What neuroscience can tell us about sugar cravings
- Whether we’ve evolved to crave sugary foods
- How brain reward centres are involved in our sweet addiction