Researchers have found that adolescents from the age of fourteen traditional western eating food at the age of seventeen a lot worse by mental capacity verification tasks.
Take away food, french fries, red and processed meat and carbonated drinks have a negative impact on the mental faculties.
The study found that heavy in saturated fat and simple carbohydrates usage in adolescence adversely affect learning ability and memory.
The study in adolescent daily eat more fruits and green leafy vegetables, enjoyed the better of the test results.
Everyone knows that roast potatoes and burgers adversely affects the trunk volume, and a recent study showed that the food and damaging the mental faculties.
The researchers found that the seventeen-year-olds, the age of fourteen who ate more traditional western fast food, much lower test scores than their peers who ate healthier food.
It turned out that the study participants who ate the most takeaway food - roasted potatoes, red and processed meat, and drank fizzy drinks - diet had a negative impact not only on health but also mental abilities - their reaction was slower, it was difficult to concentrate, and well they fared harder to learn and remember. The participants who ate more fruit during adolescence, and green leafy vegetables, the test results were much better.
Researcher Dr. Anett said Nyarady Science Network, one of the reasons may be that green leafy vegetables are rich in micronutrients to promote cognitive development.
Dr. Anett Nyarady said that mental abilities due to malnutrition hampered by several factors, such as omega-6 fatty acid content in fried foods and red meat.
Metabolism ensures optimal balanced diet when consumed the same amount of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids (1: 1) and Western fast food meal, the rate change to 1:20 or 1:25, reports Science Network.
Dr. A. Nyarady said Science Network, the high intake of saturated fat and simple carbohydrates is associated with impaired brain part called the Ammon horn (hippocampus) functioning. This part of the brain primarily responsible for memory and learning skills, in addition to increasing the volume of her teenage years.
"Adolescence is a critical period of brain development. High probability that inadequate nutrition in this age period is a big risk factor, and our findings support this hypothesis, "- she says.
"These findings are very important for the future health strategies and health improvement programs."
University of Western Australia and the Australian Teletono Children's Health Research Institute followed the 602 participants from the West Australian group pregnancy test. Each participant reaches the age of 14 years were asked to complete a questionnaire on dietary habits and frequency. The aim was to carry out an analysis of the facts and distinguish between "healthy" and "Western" eaters teenagers. When they reached the age of 17 years., These teens have the mental capacity to perform the verification test, which consisted of six tasks.
