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Sep 18, 2022 · Nutritional psychiatry: Your brain on food. Think about it. Your brain is always "on." It takes care of your thoughts and movements, your breathing and heartbeat, your senses — it works hard 24/7, even while you're asleep. This means your brain requires a constant supply of fuel. That "fuel" comes from the foods you eat — and what's in that ...
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The consumption of junk foods, including ultra-processed foods, fast foods, unhealthy snacks, and sugar-sweetened beverages, has been linked to mental health. The aim of this study is to use the published literature to evaluate how junk food consumption may be associated with mental health disorders in adults.
- Memory Problems. Junk food is high in saturated fat and sugar which can curb learning and memory. This has been observed among children where foods like Coca Cola and noodles were shown to negatively impact verbal memory.
- Depression. Certain foods, when consumed in excess can bring significant changes to the neurotransmitters (or signalling messages) in your body so much that you become dependent on junk foods whenever you feel low.
- Irritability. Canadian researchers have found that fast food can often result in people feeling more hurried or impatient. Julian House, one of the researchers from the above study says, “Fast food allows people to fill their stomachs as quickly as possible and move on to other things.”
- You may end up splurging more. Sanford DeVoe, an associate professor at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, states that those people who begin to associate fast food with speed and instant gratification often spend more on food.
The dietician helped participants make adjustments to their diets, such as eating less junk food and more nutrient-rich foods such as produce, fish and legumes. While just 8 percent of the control group achieved remission, almost a third of the dietary intervention group did (BMC Medicine, Vol. 15, No. 23, 2017).
Apr 1, 2023 · After eight years, scientists found that middle-aged people who ate the most junk food had a faster rate (up to 28%) of cognitive decline, compared with people who ate the least junk food. This is plausible, because we know that a diet rich in ultra-processed foods is associated with increased risks for many chronic diseases, including heart ...
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Over the past 50 years, the health of Americans has gotten worse, and now 71% of Americans are overweight or obese—not 66%, which was reported 5 years ago. 1 That means a staggering 100 million people in America are obese. Today, eating processed foods and fast foods may kill more people prematurely than cigarette smoking. 2.
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Key messages. Healthy eating patterns, such as the Mediterranean diet, are associated with better mental health than “unhealthy” eating patterns, such as the Western diet. The effects of certain foods or dietary patterns on glycaemia, immune activation, and the gut microbiome may play a role in the relationships between food and mood.
