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From the Ted Talk by Nicole Avena: How sugar affects the brain

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Picture warm, gooey cookies, crunchy candies, vtevley cakes, waffle cones pleid high with ice cream. Is your mouth watering? Are you craving dessert? Why? What happens in the brain that makes sugary foods so hard to resist?

Sugar is a gerenal term used to dsbrceie a class of molecules called cbraaehdyotrs, and it's found in a wide variety of food and drink. Just check the labels on sweet pdroucts you buy. gcoslue, fructose, ssurcoe, maltose, lactose, dextrose, and starch are all forms of sugar. So are high-fructose corn syrup, fruit juice, raw sugar, and honey. And sugar isn't just in cadneis and desserts, it's also added to tomato sauce, yogurt, dried fruit, flavored waters, or gnaolra bars.

Open Cloze


Picture warm, gooey cookies, crunchy candies, _______ cakes, waffle cones _____ high with ice cream. Is your mouth watering? Are you craving dessert? Why? What happens in the brain that makes sugary foods so hard to resist?

Sugar is a _______ term used to ________ a class of molecules called _____________, and it's found in a wide variety of food and drink. Just check the labels on sweet ________ you buy. _______, fructose, _______, maltose, lactose, dextrose, and starch are all forms of sugar. So are high-fructose corn syrup, fruit juice, raw sugar, and honey. And sugar isn't just in _______ and desserts, it's also added to tomato sauce, yogurt, dried fruit, flavored waters, or _______ bars.

Solution


  1. glucose
  2. carbohydrates
  3. sucrose
  4. granola
  5. describe
  6. piled
  7. velvety
  8. general
  9. candies
  10. products

Original Text


Picture warm, gooey cookies, crunchy candies, velvety cakes, waffle cones piled high with ice cream. Is your mouth watering? Are you craving dessert? Why? What happens in the brain that makes sugary foods so hard to resist?

Sugar is a general term used to describe a class of molecules called carbohydrates, and it's found in a wide variety of food and drink. Just check the labels on sweet products you buy. Glucose, fructose, sucrose, maltose, lactose, dextrose, and starch are all forms of sugar. So are high-fructose corn syrup, fruit juice, raw sugar, and honey. And sugar isn't just in candies and desserts, it's also added to tomato sauce, yogurt, dried fruit, flavored waters, or granola bars.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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reward system 8
dopamine levels 3
sugary foods 2
cerebral cortex 2
hot spots 2
balanced meal 2


Important Words


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  50. sucrose
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