DIET AND ACADEMIC

Features: By Victoria Adeusi

The last thing most students will ever consider in their academics is the effect of diet on their academics. I am sure most will even doubt if diet has anything to do with their academic performance. Research has made it known that diet significantly influences our academic performance.

What is a diet?

Diet, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is the kind and amount of food prescribed for a person or animal for a particular reason. In other words, diet is a food, not just any food but a food that consists of required nutrients for the body.

What does nutrition do to the body?

One of the significant functions of nutrition is to aid the proper functioning of organs and tissues. Don't forget that your brain is one of the vital organs in the body, i.e.; it is not excluded from the impact of nutrients in an organism.

Your brain and Nutrition

What are the things that nutrition gives to the brain?

According to Robert Kenny, nutrition has an impact on one's academic performance in the following ways:

1) cognitive development

2) Better learning potential

3) Build immunity and prevent illnesses