Kazakh Ablai Khan University of International

Relations and World Languages

How sugar affects brain

Faculty: Foreign philology 421 group

Student: Nurshina Zhasmina
1. What is the main idea of the video?
B. The video gives an explanation why we are addicted to sugar.

2. Sugar contains molecules that are called carbohydrates.

A. True

3. Carbohydrates help us to have energy.

C. Doesn't say

4. Only sweet products contain sugar.

B. False

5. What happens when we eat sweets?

A. Our reward system is activated.

6. What is the reward system activated by?

B. It is activated by drugs, sugar, socializing, etc.

7. What happens when we over-activate the reward system by eating much

sweet food?
C. Both option 1 and option 2.

8. There are sugar receptors in our gut and stomach.

A. True

9. Dopamine is produced when we...

C. Both option 1 and option 2.

10. Why is it hard to eat vegetables such as broccoli?

B. Because it doesn't produce dopamine.

11. Our brain doesn't pay attention to new and different food.
B. False

12. Dopamine becomes less when we eat the same kind of food and we want
something new.
A. True

13. Dopamine lessens when we eat sweets every day and we want a change.
B. False