This Is Your Teenager's Brain on Sugar

Too much sugar could be bad for your brain and your memory, especially for teenagers.

A new study from the University of Southern California found sugar led to problems with memory and inflammation of the brain in juvenile rats.
    
"The brain is especially vulnerable to dietary influences during critical periods of development, like adolescence," said Scott Kanoski, corresponding author of the study and an assistant professor at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. 

He added a diet high in sugar could not only mean gaining weight, but could hurt your brain as well.

The study is published in the journal Hippocampus.