If you’re like most of us, your kids’ summer eating habits were a little...iffy. So, how do you get back on the right track this school year?

Yet more studies have come out supporting the idea that physical activity can improve cognition.^3,4

Experts aren’t sure exactly how exercise fuels learning, but they know that it does. “There’s sort of no question about it now,” said Dr. John J. Ratey, clinical associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

As Registered Dietitian Elizabeth Somer has reported, “The brain only makes up about 2% of our body weight, but it requires about 30% of the day’s calories, much of which should come from high-quality carbohydrates.”³

Unfortunately, in most cases - especially those candy bars so many of us love - the answer is probably not.