Feed your brain ⏲️ 6 Minute English

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Published 2024-02-22
Our brain works very hard 24 hours a day. So, what food should we eat for maximum brain health? Phil and Georgie discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary. 👇👇👇

❓❓❓ Which mammal has the biggest brain?

a) an African elephant
b) a dolphin or,
c) a sperm whale

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Vocabulary:
✔️sugar rush - suddenly feeling excited or full of energy after eating food containing a lot of sugar
✔️balanced diet - a diet combining the proper types and amounts of food needed to stay healthy
✔️go low - have very little of a particular thing
✔️sharp - intelligent and quick to notice and react to things
✔️batch cook - cook a lot of food at one time, then save some to eat at later meals
✔️(20 second/minutes) flat - used to mean a certain amount of time exactly, and to emphasise that something is done very quickly

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All Comments (21)
  • @trangdieu.18c
    VOCABULARY FROM VIDEO Feed your brain ⏲ 6 Minute English 1. Batch: [count] an amount of something that is made at one time 2. Sugar rush : suddenly feeling excited or full of energy after eating food containing a lot of sugar 3. Balanced diet : a diet combining the proper types and amounts of food needed to stay healthy 4. Go low : have very little of a particular thing 5. Sharp : intelligent and quick to notice and react to things 6. Batch cook : cook a lot of food at one time, then save some to eat at later meals 7. 20 second/minutes) flat : used to mean a certain amount of time exactly, and to emphasise that something is done very quickly 2.24.2024 VIETNAM ALL THE BEST FOR YOU ^^
  • @lka8735
    Today i’ve learned a very interesting fact that sperm whale has the most weighing brain, up to 8 kilos which is unbelievable and extremely intriguing. How to feed your brain? You can adopt a balanced diet, eating more leafy green vegetables and eat fruit and vegetables of all colours. What more, stop eating pre-made, processed, altered food is vital. Although chucking it in the microwave seems easy and convenient, you can still batch cook or do your brain boosting meal in 20 minutes flat.
  • @VyNguyen-yp3oo
    I've learned a lot from this video. Firstly, food can change our mood and alter our brain chemistry. Secondly, eating a balanced diet provides us the complement of vitamins and minerals. Thirdly, we need to do batch cook instead of eating fast food despite its convinence.
  • @hananali1802
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  • @thaotienlankhue
    The content is so interesting and provides a lot of useful information. Thanks for your hard work.
  • @Llighter22
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  • @MabelleDaaboul
    This video is very helpful. I learned a lot of information and vocabulary about how we can feed our brain. - A sugar rush is when someone feels very excited and full of energy after eating a lot of sugar. - The sperm whale has the biggest brain, weighing 8 kilos. - A balanced diet is eating good food to stay healthy. - "20 minutes flat" means exactly 20 minutes. - When someone goes low on something, It means they have a little of it. - Rainbow rules mean eating food of different colors with plenty of leafy greens. - Superfood refers to very nutritious foods like Alaskan salmon, which is considered a very expensive type of food that the super-rich buy. - Batch cooking means cooking a lot of food at the same time, usually by freezing it. - If I were to describe someone as sharp, it means they are intelligent. - Pre-made food is easy, but it's not considered good for health.