Your friend hears about the latest fad diet that consists entirely of fat. Predict the initial effects such a diet might have on your friend's concentration, memory, and other nervous system functions. Would you recommend this diet to anyone? Why or why not?

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Hey, everyone. Let's take a look at this question. Together. High fat foods can offer various health benefits. Which of the following may result from relying on a fad diet. As the main source of energy. Is it answer choice. A concentration and memory may improve due to the rapid increase in energy from fat consumption. Answer choice B there would be no significant impact on concentration, memory or other nervous system functions. Answer choice C concentration and memory may decline due to the lack of glucose, which is a primary energy source for the brain or answer choice d other nervous system functions such as reflexes and co-ordination would improve. While concentration and memory client, let's work this problem out together to try to figure out which of the following answer choices best explains the result of what would occur from a diet consisting of only high fat foods. Though in order to solve this question, we have to recall what we have learned about consuming high fat foods and what would be the result of relying on that high fat food diet as the main source of energy. And we can recall that a diet of only high fat foods lacks carbohydrates, which we can recall that those carbohydrates contain glucose and the lack of glucose can negatively impact cognitive function. Since a diet of only high fat foods, which lacks carbohydrates, which contain glu would result in a lack of glucose which negatively impacts cognitive function as glucose is the primary energy source for the brain. So looking at our answer choices, which of the following best represents that lack of glucose which negatively impacts cognitive function as glucose is the primary energy source for the. And we can identify answer choice C as the correct answer. Since answer choice C says concentration and memory may decline due to the lack of glucose, which is the primary energy source for the brain. So answer choice C is the correct answer and all other answer choices are incorrect. I hope you found this video to be helpful. Thank you and goodbye.