Eat lots of fast food, low IQ for children

Children eat a variety of fast foods such as chips, biscuits, pizza . before age 3 have lower IQ than other children. These foods can cause long-term damage to their minds - the researchers warn.

A research project at Bristol University in the UK shows that there is a direct link between children's diet and their wisdom later on. Children who have a healthy diet with lots of fruits, vegetables and home cooked foods will have a higher IQ than children who eat a lot of fast food. Even when growing up, the diet improved, fast food still caused damage to the children's intelligence - Dailymail reported on February 7.

Children should have a diet high in fruits, vegetables and home cooked foods

According to scientists, nutrition is very important for young children in the first 3 years of life, when the brain grows at the fastest rate. Children who eat a diet high in fat, sugar and foods with low amounts of vitamins and nutrients such as fast food will make the brain unable to grow at optimal levels - according to research and health monitoring results. The long term in about 14,000 children born in the 1990s has just been published by scientists at Bristol University.

' The consequences of a poor diet can affect the brain forever, even if the regime improves later. When a child is 4 to 8 years old, the diet no longer affects IQ, 'said Dr. Pauline Emmett and Dr. Kate Northstone of the research group.

' This does not mean that you should never give your child carbonated soft drinks, chips or pizza, but these foods should not be dominated in the diet. Children need a normal diet with their families ' - Dr Emmett added.