Eating less of a bad diet is not going to boost your mental health unless you change what you eat, research suggests after a ...

More like discomfort food. A collection of four papers ... that people who eat UPFs have a substantially higher risk of depression, anxiety and poor sleep — but the role that microplastics ...

They include quintessential junk food items such as chips and ... still unclear why there is a link between ultraprocessed foods and depression. It can also be difficult to determine which came ...

Microplastics could play a hidden role in the relationship between ultra-processed foods and certain neurological disorders, according to new research.

Each of our brains are swimming in enough microplastics to make a plastic spoon — that's the alarming discovery scientists made earlier this year. Since then, medical researchers have been scrambling ...

New research has revealed a concerning link between microplastics, ultra-processed foods and mental health, according to a collection of four papers published Tuesday in the medical journal, Brain ...

Older Australians who eat a diet high in ultra-processed foods have an increased risk of depression, new research has found.

Junk food has been linked to an increased risk ... processed foods a day have a 50 per cent higher risk of developing depression than those who eat four or fewer daily servings.

Junk food slows neurogenesis—the birth of new brain cells. Fewer neurons can trigger mood dips, anxiety, and even depression, locking you in a junk food cycle. Swap junk for brain fuel! Antioxidants ...

It’s also possible that depression and a higher intake of “junk” and “comfort” foods “feed on each other,” said Katz, who founded the nonprofit True Health Initiative, a global ...