It can be hard to follow a healthy, balanced diet if you’re working long hours in the lab.【小题1】How can we encourage ourselves to eat good brain food? Here, we wrote some advice to help you get through your daily tasks and keep our body and spirit going.

•【小题2】Stimulate(激励) your appetite(食欲) by changing your food choices. Have more fruit and vegetables into your diet and reduce eating red meat and meat products. Each new day you can try a new meal experience.

•Find time to snack(吃点心) healthily. Take short food breaks to help keep your blood-sugar level reasonably high. Eating a piece of fruit every three hours or so, for example, could prevent hunger. And when you eat, relax.【小题3】If you stand in the lab for a long time, sit down.

•Enjoy your food. Change your meal break into a pleasant event by sharing it with others. If everyone takes turns preparing a dish from their home country or area, then you can all enjoy delicious dishes of different cultures.【小题4】

•Drink lots of water. Working inside, where the air is often dry, can speed up water loss. Two litres a day of water is recommended by many health experts. Drinking plenty of water will increase your blood volume(量) and thus boost(促进) your brain concentration levels.【小题5】It is helpful when working in warm offices and cooled labs.

Is there any truth behind the saying “You are what you eat”? We put this to the test by asking three people to open their fridge doors and talk about their lifestyles.

Jenny 31 Teacher

My husband and I avoid all products that come from animals. This means we don’t eat meat. We like cooking at home and make our meals from fresh, seasonal fruit and vegetables. Cooking together gives us a chance to relax and catch up on each other’s days. If we have children, I want to bring them up just like us, but my husband says that everyone should be able to make their own lifestyle choices.

Ted 35 Construction worker

Each day at the construction site is more or less the same — tiring! When I get back home, there’s nothing more satisfying than a big meat dinner. I guess I’ve always been a big meat eater and in this house, no family meal is complete without some form of meat. I still don’t think that anything can beat my mum’s homemade sausages, though.

Mike 49 Chef

With five children, we’re one big family! My wife and I both work full-time, so life can get pretty busy! Like a lot of chefs I know, I don’t really do much cooking at home. Sometimes I bring home food from the restaurant where I work. Once a week, we do a big shop and buy a lot of frozen food. I know we should eat more fresh fruit and vegetables, but ready meals are so convenient.