Several eons ago man come to the conclusion that:
"he is what he eats"
In other words his health is closely connected to his diet. However, recent studies have shown that not only is physical health affected by diet so too is the mental state. who has not hear about "feel-good" foods? For some, it may be chocolate and for others a cup of coffee.But what about the fatty stuff we s lovingly devour, especially the ones that comes in the form of junk food?
Recent studies have shown an increased risk of depression in junk food eaters.In fact compared to people who eat little or none, habitual consumers of junk food are 51% more likely to develop depression. And the worse par is that s depression increases, so does the eating and it sets onto a vicious cycle.The million dollar question is, why do we eat what we eat? almost all fatty foods, through a complex mechanism, increase the production of stress hormone corticosteroid and also cause a change in the proteins responsible of the " feel-good" effect.
According to a comprehensive study published in Brain, behavior and immunity, certain food can lead to clinical depression that requires medication to cure, furthermore, after 12 years of tracking the diet habits of 43,000 women, none of whom had depression at the beginning of the study, researchers concluded that women who consumed ships, cola, drinks, cookies, pasta, red fatty meat and white bread and indulged heartily in junk food were 29 to 41% more likely to develop clinical depression.consuming a high-fat diet takes its toll on both mental and physical health chronic aliments like diabetes and hypertension, which result from a high-fat diet, are also known to cause depression. There is a fine line between the blues and clinical depression, one that is quite easy to cross.
The choice as always is yours
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