Sugar Rush Erin Anderson

Problem What effect does sugar have on your body and mind?

Introduction I know that sugar’s bad for you but I always wondered how it really effects you

Background Info Pop- has lots of sugar glucose is a form of sugar. Glucose fuels the brain cell, but too much sugar can deprive the brain of glucose depleting the brains energy. Ehehehehhehee

Hypothesis I think that it will have a negative effect on both your brain and body.

Material Mountain Dew Clothes pin Sudoku Apple juice Paper Pen

Procedure They drink water The people will hold open the clothes pen with their thumb and index finger I time them while doing it then I give them 2 cups of Mt. Dew Then repeat step 2 and 3 Compare results

Varible Controlled-same tests Independent- Sugar, no sugar Dependent- How long they held the clothes pin

Results With Sugar Sarah- 40:59 Hannah- 40:59 Dezzy- 41:10 Without Sugar Sarah- 14:00 Hannah- 5:32 Dezzy- 12:27

Results Without Sugar Hannah- 8:15 Dezzy- 13:17 Mac- 9:12 With Sugar

Conclusion The Body- The affect of sugar on the body was the opposite of what I thought it would be. The Mind- I was right it did take longer to figure out the Sudoko.