Teenage
Boys Who Eat Fish At Least Once A Week Achieve Higher Intelligence!
Eating fish at least
once a week can cause your intelligence to be higher. Especially if you
start doing that as a teenage boy. According to the Science Daily, March
2009, fifteen year old males who ate fish at least once a week achieved
higher cognitive skills at age eighteen than those who ate it less frequently,
according to a study of nearly 4,000 teenagers published in the March issue
of Acta Paediatrica.
Eatting fish once
a week was enough to increase combined, verbaal and visuospacial intelligence
scores by an average of six percent, while eating fish more than once per
week increased the results by an average of 11 percent. Researchers compared
the responses of 3,972 males who took part in the survey with the cognitive
scores recorded in their Swedish Military Conscription records three years
later.
"We found a clear
link between frequent fish consumption and higher scores when the teenagers
ate fish at least weekly," says Professor Kjell Toren from the Sahlgrenska
Academy at the University of Gothenburg, one of the senior scientists in
volved in the study."When they ate fish more than once a week the results
almost doubled." "These studies are significant because they were carried
out between ages fifteen and eighteen
when educational
achievements can help shape the rest of a young man's life."
Fish
anyone?
Nutrition
for Teenage Boys
Why is good nutrition
so
Important for teenage
boys?
Everyone knows that elderly folks should
maintain a healthy diet. Not much is said about the needs of the teenager.
Teenage girls, for the most part, monitor their weight and appearance as
a matter of being feminine and attractive. Boys, however, may not step
on a scale for months or even years. It is only a small reason that they
need more attention to their diet and exercise programs. So much happens
to the boy body between the later preteen years and the onset of college.
I cannot emphasize enough that these matters not be ignored. Even the dangers
of later life (excess cholesterol and fat in daily diet) are a very important
factor in the teenage diet as well. Some of the dangers of improper nutrition
are ignored by the very young—and parents as well—as being “no big deal”
because of the youngsters age. Well, of course, it may not be quite as
big of a deal as a seventy year old’s diet in that regard, but many of
the things started early get worse and worse over the years. Also a bad
habit is easier to break if it never started in the first place. Here you
will find a few tips that may help in the matter of teenage nutrition and
general body management. Quaedan Nikkols
What about weight
gain?
Between the ages of 13 and 17 most boys
will gain around 17kg or 37lbs. That is quite a growth spurt in just four
years and a lot of food is required to achieve this growth.
Teenage boys are known for their enormous
appetites and they usually eat so much food that they rarely lack any particular
vitamin or mineral. As with all things in life, however, there are limits
for good health.
Too much of any one sort of food will lead
to an imbalance. So how do you eat well? How do you prevent excessive weight
gain and avoid obesity? What should you eat to perform well at sport?
Weight gain or even obesity can result
from eating too much. Currently about half the adult population (male and
female) is overweight.
Being overweight has serious drawbacks
for young people. You are more likely to be picked on or bullied if you
are overweight and you are less likely to do well at sports.
"
I'll be ready for breakfast as soon as I'm finished with these chips."
Am I allowed to snack?
Yes. In fact snacking is good for you as
long as the snacks are healthy.
When energy intake needs to be high, eating
between meals helps you get there. Snacking is good for you because it
helps keep your energy levels constant.
Some snacks are better than others at supplying
energy, vitamins and minerals. Healthy snacks to choose from include a
bowl of breakfast cereal (at any time), a sandwich, bread and peanut butter,
toast, beans/spaghetti on toast, cheese strings, yoghurt, a yoghurt drink,
a milkshake, a cereal bar, cheese and crackers, fruit, a fruit scone, rice
cakes, oat cakes and bread sticks.
What about exercise?
Regular exercise is important so that you
get a balance between the energy you eat and the energy you expend (use
up).
Exercise such as cycling, soccer, skateboarding,
bowling, hockey, skating or any other sport that you enjoy is a good way
to keep the balance right.
What about nutrition
and sport?
A lot of leisure time is spent on activities
which are not physically demanding such as watching television and videos,
playing computer games and surfing the net. So for many, sport is an excellent
way of getting exercise and stimulating muscle growth. Boys start to gain
muscle at about 14 years old.
The foods which all serious sports people
eat a lot of are bread, potatoes, pasta and rice. These are
carbohydrate rich foods and you need to plan to eat more of these foods
before and after training or a match. Do not depend on snacks from a vending
machine or a local shop.
The types of snacks you should choose are
sandwiches made with thick slices of bread, all types of breakfast cereals,
milk, fruit, yoghurt, biscuits and cereal bars.
Cakes and desserts also contain carbohydrates
and can supplement your energy needs, but should only be eaten occasionally.
Protein rich foods such as cheese, meat,
fish, chicken, eggs, beans, milk and yoghurt should be eaten after exercise.
So pack an extra ham or cheese sandwich in your kit bag and have it after
a match with a pint of milk. Remember, parents are often concerned about
carbs and things that you may actually need. Ask your folks to look up
this information on the Internet or speak with your family health care
provider. You are different and you need to eat differently. Then, maybe
you’ll be a great!
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