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Comedians are big fans of thinking and cognition

So the results of a recent Tufts study on dieting may be of interest to any comics out there trying to drop pounds. The scientists say that “low-carb, no-carb diets have the strongest potential for negative impact on thinking and cognition.”

The boys at Popular Science explain:

There’s a good reason for this. The brain mainly uses glucose for energy, but is unable to store this type of sugar. The body breaks down carbohydrates into glucose and delivers it to the brain via the bloodstream. Depriving the body of carbohydrates deprives the brain of energy, and, voila: you’re repeating third grade, or at least repeatedly asking a question you first posed just ten minutes ago.

But of course!