Halloween is known for candy corn and sugar crashes, but something that really gets people's hearts racing? Test-taking. The Project Management Professional (PMP) exam requires synthesizing complex concepts, recalling hundreds of terms, and deducing answers under pressure. Your brain is working overtime and needs the right fuel. Cheetah Learning pioneered the peak performing mind approach to accelerated learning with dietary strategies that optimize cognitive states. Now, through a partnership with The Signature Plate, students receive personalized metabolic coaching that translates peak performing diet principles into actionable guidance. Brain functions like thinking, memory, and learning are closely linked to glucose levels. Stable blood sugar means sustained focus, better memory consolidation, and enhanced decision-making under pressure.

Do you remember this headline from 2015: "Processed meats rank alongside smoking as cancer causes"? Cue panic. Bacon was out. Sayonara sausage. Buh-bye beef jerky. But here's what gives: when we look at historical diets around the world, including those of some of the healthiest societies, they include processed meats. The difference? A cured meat was being eaten aside a handful of nuts, bowl of snap peas, fresh pear, or a snack of olives, and chased by a wedge of seedy, nutty, ancient grain bread. Pairing a naturally high fiber diet with daily physical activity leads to those carcinogenic compounds having minimal contact time with the colon. And minimal contact time matters. Read on for the evidence and more information.

Carbohydrates provide essential nutrients your body needs. Learn why carbs aren't the enemy, how whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and legumes deliver B vitamins, fiber, and phytonutrients, and why fiber is impossible to get without carbohydrates. Discover the benefits of diverse carbohydrate sources for metabolic health.

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