Can eating fruits responsible for big brains?

fruit eating responsible for big brains? Others say that although a nutrient-rich diet allows for bigger brains, it wouldn't be enough by itself to serve as a selective evolutionary pressure. Evolution could have pushed fruit-eating primates to develop bigger brains to deal with these complex foraging conditions, De Casien says. The cognitive demands of those relationships made bigger brains the best use of the extra fruit-derived energy. To her surprise, neither monogamy nor promiscuity predicted anything about a primate's brain size.




By occupation, construction workers and those in the science and programming sector recorded the poorest fruit and vegetable eating habits. The largest dietary survey in Australia has found that four out of five adults are not eating enough fruit and vegetables to meet the Australian Dietary Guidelines. The Fruit, Vegetables and Diet Score Report says one in two (51%) adults are not eating the recommended intake of fruit, while two out of three adults (66%) are not getting enough vegetables. Scott Barbour/Getty ImagesNo wonder the children aren't getting enough fruit and vegetables. CSIRO suggests adults eating at least three serves of different vegetables every dinner time.


Four in five Australians not eating enough fruit and vegetables: CSIRO Updated Four out of five Australians are not getting enough fruits and vegetables in their diet, with men fairing worse than women, according to the largest survey of its kind done in the country. Young adults, unemployed among those most deficient Men, younger adults, obese and unemployed people were identified as being most in need of increasing their fruit and vegetable intake. "I think women tend to be a lot more aware of health, tend to be more involved with food and generally tend to have a higher intake. "We've got a long way to go before we get to eating the volume of vegetables that are really important," she said. Key points: Men, younger adults, unemployed and obese people had the worst diets Retirees eat better than younger people, CSIRO finds Researchers say convenience a big factor in fruit, vegetable intake The CSIRO surveyed 145,000 adults and found only 24 per cent of women and 15 per cent of men were eating the recommended two fruits and five vegetables a day.


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