A recent article in LiveScience.com entitled “How Many Calories Can the Brain Burn by Thinking? (by Emma Bryce and published about November 9, 2019) discusses the brain’s need for glucose for heavy duty thinking. The article begins by noting that in 1984, the World Chess Championship was abruptly halted because the officials were worried about the health of Anatoly Karpov who had lost 22 pounds in the preceding five months playing chess matches. According to research, elite chess players can burn up to 6, 000 calories a day by simply playing chess and not physically moving around whatsoever. (Id.)
It will also cause parties not to think clearly. When the glucose level is low, so is the energy level and thus, one becomes grumpy and will make bad decisions. Bad decisions do not make for a successful much less good mediation.
The antidote: serve food to keep the blood sugar and glucose levels up especially since mediations can be stressful for many people.
