UTNE READER # 3 -- Cherese Pearson

I am writing in response to an article in our newest UTNE Reader. I am commenting on the "Snacks for Brainiacs" article by Elizabeth Somer. Actually I started out reading "Poly Sex for Beginners" but I really didn't want to go there. Back to Snacks !!!!... hmmmm.

Here is what I learned: What you eat and how you live affect how well you think. (Oh, oh...) Most people recognize that what they eat eventually affects thir physical health, but the link between food and brain function is immediate. What you eat (or don't eat) affects how clearly one thinks and how well one recalls information by midafternon. Suggestions: Spread food into four to sex ... oops, six light meals throughout the day. Also avoid heavy fat intake. Some minerals you may want to include in your diet for clear thinking are iron and zinc. So when the administration catches me for distrubiting vitamins before exams, you can now defend me on my position. Don't forget, breakfast is the most important meal of the day!!!!!!

-- Anonymous, March 02, 1999

Answers

Hello Cherese: My name is John Hansen, the new discussion facilitator and an instructor in the Communication Department at UMD. Your recent comments present a question in my mind. In education we do talk of the value of good nutrition to promote learning, do we give this too much hype? Do you see education as a whole "profiling" students who do not have good nutrition as failures? What do you think? John

-- Anonymous, March 03, 1999

Hi Cherese: Did you read my earlier comments? What are your thoughts? Please respond. John Hansen

-- Anonymous, April 10, 1999