Healthy Diet Broken Down

These days society is all about being healthy and keeping our bodies fit. While the slow transition from inorganic hydrogenated food to natural and healthy foods become prevalent amongst people, a more fit brain will also become common amongst people. Face it, a healthy body equals a healthy brain.

The problem with food that contains an extra hydrogen atom is that it attempts to make unsaturated fat saturated. Saturated fat contains a glycerol molecule that is bonded to three different chains of fatty acids. There are no double bonds in these fatty acids therefore meaning they are completely straight. At room temperature, saturated fats are solids because of these straight fatty acids. Like saturated fats unsaturated fats contain the same glycerol molecule bonded to three separate fatty acids. Instead, one of these fatty acids contains a double bond that creates a bend in the molecule making it liquid at room temperature. When stores attempt to preserve foods, they add a hydrogen atom to unsaturated fats creating a double bond and a bend. This makes an unsaturated fat like corn oil a solid at room temperature. This preserves shelf life, but it does not support a healthy human life. Enzymes in our stomach are not programmed to break these molecules down, therefore giving them no nutritional value. The following is an unsaturated fat.


Everything in our body is composed of cells. These individual cells have individual systems that contribute to our overall body's homeostasis. Ribosomes create proteins which are sent to the Golgi Apparatus to only be sent to certain parts of the cell to carry out specific functions. The cytoskeleton maintains the shell shape, protects the cell, enables cellular motion, and allows intracellular transport. Cells obtain their energy from a molecule called adenosine triphosphate which is synthesized through breaking down lipids and carbohydrates (food we eat) by enzymes in our stomoch. This is why it is so important to eat a healthy diet which contains nutrition for cells to maintain a healthy homeostasis. The following is a ATP molecule or "the currency of life".


Games which cater to train specific functions of the brain like memory and speed are exceptional ways to keep a healthy brain. This gives into the quote " If you don't use it you lose it". Neuroplasticity is the brain's ability to compensate damaged areas of the brain through extensive therapy and training. These games are the foundation for the future of driving the power of neuroplasticity. We are only in the beginning stages of understanding how to drive this amazing aspect of the human brain and games that tune specific functions are hitting the wrong demographic. I believe that once these games are built for mentally ill or mentally damaged patients then they will solidify their existence in science.