Feed your brain ⏲️ 6 Minute English

Our brain works very hard 24 hours a day. So, what food should we eat for maximum brain health? Phil and Georgie discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary. 👇👇👇

❓❓❓ Which mammal has the biggest brain?

a) an African elephant
b) a dolphin or,
c) a sperm whale

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Vocabulary:
✔️sugar rush - suddenly feeling excited or full of energy after eating food containing a lot of sugar
✔️balanced diet - a diet combining the proper types and amounts of food needed to stay healthy
✔️go low - have very little of a particular thing
✔️sharp - intelligent and quick to notice and react to things
✔️batch cook - cook a lot of food at one time, then save some to eat at later meals
✔️(20 second/minutes) flat - used to mean a certain amount of time exactly, and to emphasise that something is done very quickly

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[lka]

Today i’ve learned a very interesting fact that sperm whale has the most weighing brain, up to 8 kilos which is unbelievable and extremely intriguing. How to feed your brain? You can adopt a balanced diet, eating more leafy green vegetables and eat fruit and vegetables of all colours. What more, stop eating pre-made, processed, altered food is vital. Although chucking it in the microwave seems easy and convenient, you can still batch cook or do your brain boosting meal in 20 minutes flat.

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[VyNguyen-ypoo]

I've learned a lot from this video. Firstly, food can change our mood and alter our brain chemistry. Secondly, eating a balanced diet provides us the complement of vitamins and minerals. Thirdly, we need to do batch cook instead of eating fast food despite its convinence.

[MabelleDaaboul]

This video is very helpful. I learned a lot of information and vocabulary about how we can feed our brain.
- A sugar rush is when someone feels very excited and full of energy after eating a lot of sugar.
- The sperm whale has the biggest brain, weighing 8 kilos.
- A balanced diet is eating good food to stay healthy.
- "20 minutes flat" means exactly 20 minutes.
- When someone goes low on something, It means they have a little of it.
- Rainbow rules mean eating food of different colors with plenty of leafy greens.
- Superfood refers to very nutritious foods like Alaskan salmon, which is considered a very expensive type of food that the super-rich buy.
- Batch cooking means cooking a lot of food at the same time, usually by freezing it.
- If I were to describe someone as sharp, it means they are intelligent.
- Pre-made food is easy, but it's not considered good for health.

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