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.

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❓❓❓ 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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