According to Tamas Horvath, a researcher at Yale University, one might want to consider fasting before taking a test, or doing anything else that requires accurate short-term memory.
Ghrelin is a hunger hormone produced by empty stomachs. It enhances learning in the short term, at least in rats. Ghrelin speeds communication in the hippocampus region of the brain; the region associated with spatial memory.
While Christians are not commanded to fast in the New Testament, we see several examples of it in the first-century church. Here is just one more practical example of the benefits of fasting.
Grace & Peace;
Tom
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