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6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
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Hello.
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This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
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I'm Phil.
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And I'm Georgie.
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Has this ever happened to you?
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You eat a doughnut and get a sugar rush – a strong feeling of excitement
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and energy only to collapse an hour later with a headache?
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Food affects us more than we realise And that's because what we eat alters our brain chemistry,
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changing our mood and emotions.
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Our brain is working 24 hours a day, even while we sleep.
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So, it needs more fuel than other body parts.
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So, can we eat our way to feeling happy?
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In this programme, we'll be discussing the relationship between food and the brain.
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And, as usual, we'll be learning some useful new vocabulary as well.
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Sounds great, Georgie.
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But first, I have a question for you.
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Humans with an average brain weighing one and a half kilos are one of the cleverest animals.
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But which mammal has the biggest brain?
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Is it a an African elephant,
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b a dolphin, or c a sperm whale?
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I think it's an African elephant.
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OK, Georgie, I'll reveal the answer later in the programme.
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Now, did you know that despite making up only 2% of our total weight,
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our brain uses 20% of the body's energy?
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Nutritionist Dr. Rita Achari does.
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She thinks we should be specifically eating for our brains,
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as she explained to BBC World Service program The Food Chain.
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Eating every day, right, and eating a balanced diet so you get the full complement of vitamins and minerals, it's critical.
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If you go low in something in one day,
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if you just, you know,
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don't eat any protein for a day or for me in my situation,
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if I don't eat any vegetables,
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I know the next day I'm not a sharp.
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Number one on Dr. Achari's list of brain foods is a regular and balanced diet,
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a diet containing the proper types and amounts of food needed to stay healthy.
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Remember the rainbow rule – eat foods of many different colours with lots of leafy greens.
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A balanced diet also includes different types of nutrients – vitamins,
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fibre, protein and so on.
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But including these isn't always possible.
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You might go low on – meaning have very little of – one food type.
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Dr Achari says that when this happens to her,
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she's not as sharp, as intelligent and quick to notice things as usual.
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Dr Achari names lots of different foods which help boost our brains,
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from wild-caught Alaskan salmon and avocado to berries and walnuts.
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But hang on, Georgie, wild-caught Alaskan salmon?
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Very nice and very expensive.
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It sounds like super foods are just for the super rich.
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Well, not according to blogger Michelle Munt.
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Here she is telling BBC World Service's The Food Chain how eating well needn't cost a fortune.
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It's not expensive and everyone's got a freezer these days,
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so yes, you can batch cook things,
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freeze them and then use them in like a week's time or something.
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So I think the problem is,
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again, it's about our lifestyles.
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It's about the fact that we feel like we've got limited time
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and therefore people are trying to cut the time down in the kitchen by cooking things that are pre-made or even worse,
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we're just chucking it in the microwave.
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But actually, you can do fresh food in 20 minutes flat.
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Michelle's idea for brain food on a budget involves batch cooking.
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Batch cooking means cooking a lot of food at one time,
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then saving some to eat later – usually by freezing it.
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Although microwave-ready meals are convenient,
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they lack many nutrients needed by the brain.
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Luckily, adding some fresh vegetables to batch-cooked food means anyone can make a brain-healthy meal quickly – or in 20 minutes flat,
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as Michelle says, using the word flat to mean exactly and to emphasise that it can be done quickly.
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OK, so we need balanced diets and batch cooking for big brains.
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Now, let's test your brain, Georgie, with my question.
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Right.
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You asked which mammal has the biggest brain and I guessed it was an African elephant. Which was?
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The wrong answer, I'm afraid.
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In fact, the biggest brain belongs to the sperm whale,
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weighing about 8 kilos and the sperm whale's main food?
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Fish.
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OK, let's recap the vocabulary we've learned in this programme,
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starting with sugar rush – suddenly feeling excited and full of energy after eating food which contains a lot of sugar.
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A balanced diet includes the correct combinations of food needed to stay healthy.
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If you go low on something,
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you have very little of it.
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If you describe someone as sharp,
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you mean they're intelligent and quick to react to things.
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Batch cooking means cooking a lot of food at the same time and saving some for later.
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And finally, doing something in 20 minutes flat means 20 minutes exactly,
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and is used to emphasise that it's done very quickly.
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Once again, our six minutes are up.
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Have fun cooking up your own brain-boosting breakfasts,
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and remember to join us again next time here at 6 Minute English.
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Goodbye for now.
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Bye. from bbclearningenglish.com
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在视频中，有一些难以发音的单词和短语值得注意：
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