http://news.yahoo.com/sugar-dumb-us-scientists-warn-190918006.html
Eating too much
sugar can eat away at your brainpower, according to US scientists who
published a study Tuesday showing how a steady diet of high-fructose
corn syrup sapped lab rats' memories.
Researchers at the University of
California Los Angeles (UCLA) fed two groups of rats a solution
containing high-fructose corn syrup -- a common ingredient in processed
foods -- as drinking water for six weeks.
One group of rats was
supplemented with brain-boosting omega-3 fatty acids in the form of
flaxseed oil and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), while the other group was
not.
Before the sugar drinks began,
the rats were enrolled in a five-day training session in a complicated
maze. After six weeks on the sweet solution, the rats were then placed
back in the maze to see how they fared.
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