US researchers questioned the fact that eating sweet foods improves mood. Moreover, they proved that a high content in the diet of sweet and fatty foods leads to symptoms of depression.

Scientists invited volunteers to participate in the study, which were divided into two groups. The first group was asked to eat only healthy food, the participants of the second group could indulge themselves with candies, various pastries and fast food for two months..

Experts evaluated the mental health of the subjects at the beginning of the experiment and after it ended.

It turned out that in the first group none of the people showed signs of depression, whereas in the second group, junk food aggravated the condition of volunteers. Fat and sweet food launches a whole chain of chemical reactions in the human brain. As a result, products contribute not only to the development of the hormone of happiness, but also provoke the development of stress, anxiety and symptoms of depression.

medicinform. net.