A brief synopsis of "Food for Thought". Can fatty foods impair your brain function, memory, or even inhibit your leaning ability? This article suggests just that. Based upon a study done by two professors at the University of Toronto, and published in the journal Neurobiology of Learning and Memory; your memory can indeed be inhibited by a diet high in saturated fats. This study was conducted on a controlled group of lab rats. In which …showed first 75 words of 300 total…

…showed last 75 words of 300 total…nature human brains are to rats, while also realizing what fat does to our body. In conclusion after looking at the findings a strong hypothesis can be made. Maybe we as Americans should be more concerned about the foods that we eat, and how they affect us. True, maybe having that extra hot dog isn't going to affect us right at the moment. Or is it? ___________________________________________________________ Bibliography Formicelli, Linda (August, 2001). Food for Thought. Psychology Today, 08, 26.