“Is that your dinner? Do I need to call your mom?”
“Is that your dinner? Do I need to call your mom?” Shay the bartender asked me that back in ‘99 when I sat down at 6 p.m. for two packs of peanuts, some Nabs and a Diet Coke. I had an office next door and was pushing hard to get something out by late that evening.
And she was right, of course. That was my dinner. And if I made a habit of that diet, she was going to have to call my mom.
I’ll write in another post about diet and brain function with specific regard to attention deficit disorder. But it doesn’t take a PhD neuroscientist to know that we’re not going to be at our best on peanuts, Nabs, and a Diet Coke all day long.
Meanwhile, here are some general food/brain links for you:
“Eleven Steps to a Better Brain” at The New Scientist.
“Diet and the Brain” at The Society for Neuroscience
“Food for Thought” at The Diet Channel.
By the way, if one of your New Year’s Resolutions is “Eat Better During the Work Day”, good for you.
