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We’ve heard all about the evils of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). It’s bad for your waistline, bad for your insides and now, researchers report, it’s bad for your brain, too.

 

 

Forbes.com reports that an experiment conducted by UCLA scientists showed that giving rats a fructose solution in place of regular drinking water were much slower at completing a maze than mice that didn’t consume the fructose. The fructose interfered with the brain cells’ ability to “talk” to one another, meaning that they couldn’t think quickly or clearly. HFCS could cause your memory and recall abilities to tank, too, just like the rats’. Yikes!

 

But there is good news. The scientists also gave one group of rats a diet rich on omega-3 fatty acids. These rats found their way through the maze quickly. The researchers have also concluded that an omega-3-heavy diet can counteract the mind-numbing effects of a diet high in HFCS.

 

Your best bet for pre-finals food? Cut out the highly processed, packaged goodies and munch on all-natural sweets instead, like fresh berries. Yum!

 
 
 

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BY BRITTANY TAYLOR ON 5/29/2012 5:56:00 PM

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Awwww! I love oreos!



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by olivia192000 on 5/30/2012 3:51:48 AM

 
 



MOD!MOD!MOD! There are these 2 girls who last year I made really good friends with at band camp.We were pretty good friends for part of the school year but they were always talking bad about others and were often mean to people right to their face.They always tried to get me involved,but I'm shy and never said anything.Eventually I had enough of it and told them I didn't talk bad about people & that if they were doing it I wouldn't join them.They got really mad, & started teasing me at school & convinced some of my friends to start teasing me too.It bugged me for awhile at first but then I realized that if they were gonna be that way I didn't want them as friends. So I made new friends.My problem is 1 of them was in color guard with me last year, and the other is joining our first practice is tomorrow.I know that 1 of them doesn't want me on the team and has towards the end of the year, constantly told me how she wants me to quit. If she gives me a hard time tomorrow what should I do







Hey girl,

Don't let her get you down! Are their other friends on the team that you can stick with? If you keep yourself surrounded by friendly gals, she probably won't have the guts to be mean to you in front of them. It's great that you realized you shouldn't be friends with mean girls! Keep up that attitude and stand up for yourself - you're worth so much more than them! 
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by MidnightMockingbird on 5/30/2012 1:06:51 AM

 
 

Dang it.....I'll miss you, Oreos. Ugh I hate animal testing!

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by myfatsquirrel on 5/30/2012 12:16:39 AM

 
 

i agree with <3grayson chance<3 , i have always loved sugar, i even a=called my grandma the sugar lady cuz she would always give me sweets, its funny reading this paragraph, and looking at my report card, ***all A's and B's*** hitting the honor roll, for the fourth quarter. i must be a complete dope! at least i have someone to thank, <3grayson chance<3 for seeing the truth!

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by angie333 on 5/29/2012 10:55:23 PM

 
 

i don't think sugar necessarily makes you slower, just high fructose corn syrup.

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