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Recent evidence suggests that glucose depletion doesn't seem to affect the brain. For example, [1]. Moreover, the calorie consumption of the brain is basically
by tgb 13y ago
Recent evidence suggests that glucose depletion doesn't seem to affect the brain. For example, [1]. Moreover, the calorie consumption of the brain is basically constant regardless of what it is doing. I would hazard an untrained guess based off of these that the difference is in changes due to the body knowing of consumption of glucose versus any direct effect of the glucose itself. See also the study that athletes performed better after swishing a sweet drink in their mouth and spitting it out just as they did when actually drinking it.
[1] http://www.epjournal.net/wp-ontent/uploads/ep08244259.pdf http://www.epjournal.net/wp-ontent/uploads/ep08244259.pdf
- kyro 13y agoReally interesting. Thanks for the link!
- annnnd 13y agoThe link is broken, could you please post the title and author? Thanks!
- chillax 13y agomight have been this? http://www.runnersworld.com/drinks-hydration/when-and-why-to-swish-n-spit-your-sports-drink?page=single http://www.runnersworld.com/drinks-hydration/when-and-why-to...
- Revisor 13y agoLooks like it's missing a "c": http://www.epjournal.net/wp-content/uploads/ep08244259.pdf http://www.epjournal.net/wp-content/uploads/ep08244259.pdf
- tgb 13y agoYes, thanks for the correction! And for the sake of posterity, it's "Does the Brain Consume Additional Glucose During Self-Control Tasks?" by Robert Kurzban