Sugar and my brain

Since I can remember I have always been intrigued by how things work, so naturally my favorite words throughout my life has been why and how. “HOW does this work?” “WHY does it work like this and not like that?”

As we are busy with one of my favorite Happiness HELPS theme which is Learn of course. (HOW could it have possibly been anything else?). We are going to look at sugar as there are so many myths and half-truths regarding sugars. I am sure most of you have asked yourselves some of these age old questions regarding sugars: Is sugar good or bad for me? How does sugar effect my brain? Why do I keep on having these cravings for sugar?

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Although this video will not give you all the answers you seek it is a good starting off point to look at how sugar works in our bodies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEXBxijQREo how sugar effects the brain

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