Piet Mondrian Avond Evening Red Tree

Piet Mondrian Avond Evening Red TreeMichael Austin The Black DrapeTalantbek Chekirov Tender Passion
brain accounts for 2 percent of our body weight but sucks down roughly 20 percent of our daily calories. It needs glucose, but of a certain kind and in the right doses.
It's commonThe brain, which accounts for 2 percent of our body weight, sucks down roughly 20 percent of our daily calories. A picky eater, it demands a constant supply of glucose — primarily obtained from recently eaten carbohydrates (fruits, vegetables, grains etc.). Only in extreme instances of deprivation will the brain use other substances to resolve to lose weight, but any sane person dreads a diet's dulling effect on the brain.In fact, many studies have shown that counting calories, carbs or fat grams, is truly distracting — to the point that it taxes short-term memory. But how we eat can affect our minds at more fundamental levels, too.Here are five things you should know about feeding your brain:1. Fuel it up