Not only does unhealthy food leave an uncomfortable feeling of heaviness in the stomach, it can change the brain chemistry, provoking depression at the same time.. At least in mice, everything happened exactly according to this scenario..

Researchers from the University of Montreal found that mice fed a diet high in sugar and fat were more likely to show signs of depression and have different gray matter chemistry than mice fed a healthy diet.. " “Changing the diet causes withdrawal symptoms and increased sensitivity to stressful situations, which starts a vicious cycle of malnutrition.”.

The experiment took six weeks, during which one group of mice was fed a low-fat diet (fat accounted for 11 percent of all calories received by rodents), the other - foods high in fat (about 58 percent). After the allotted one and a half months, the mice from the second group ate their sides - the volume of their "

Fat mice were more depressed, and the level of CREB molecules in their bodies increased. " This explains the development of depression,"

This is not the first study to prove the negative impact of fast food on the brain.. Last year, scientists linked high levels of trans fats in the blood to decreased brain function and, oh, horror, to shrinking brains..

Dr. Gene Bowman of the Oregon Health and Science University found two things while studying the effects of nutrition on cognition.. Firstly, those who received enough vitamins D, E, C and group B from food had a larger brain volume and thought faster.. Second, and more importantly, subjects with high levels of trans fats in their blood had smaller brain volumes and poorer cognition.. Since trans fats are mostly obtained from unhealthy foods - red meat and fatty cakes, for example - it can be concluded that fast food leads to brain damage..

Winter diets.

Since autumn, our body has been carefully preparing for the cold: we gain weight, become more passive. These processes are designed to help you survive the winter by protecting you from hypothermia and energy loss.. But I so want not to lose harmony and maintain good spirits!

“We know that trans fats are bad for the heart, and now we have found out that they are bad for the brain,” Bowman says.. So I would recommend everyone to stay away from them.. If you are not sure about the composition of the product, look at the label.

If there's vegetable fat or anything hydrogenated, put it back on the shelf."

Bowman's work offers hope that neuroscientists can develop customized diets for people with brain dysfunction.. The next step will be to identify " If one day it turns out that, say, an increased dose of vitamin E helps maintain the structural integrity of the hippocampus, the memory center, then patients will line up not with a neurologist, but with a nutritionist..

Natalia Sinitsa.

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