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How the food you eat affects your brain - Mia Nacamulli

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When it comes to what you bite, chew and swallow, your choices have a direct and long-lasting effect on the most powerful organ in your body: your brain. So which foods cause you to feel so tired after lunch? Or so restless at night? Mia Nacamulli takes you into the brain to find out.

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Meet The Creators

  • Educator Mia Nacamulli
  • Director Chris Boyle
  • Animator Chris Boyle
  • Narrator Addison Anderson

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