Scientists Find Link With Fatty Foods & Anxiety

Summer is here which means cook-outs, junk food, and sugar filled foods. Scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder have discovered that eating fatty foods may actually make our anxiety worse. The team found that when animals were given a high-fat diet, it disrupted their gut bacteria – which in turn altered the brain chemicals that fuel anxiety. Lead author Professor Christopher Lowry said: ‘Everyone knows that these [high-fat items] are not healthy foods, but we tend to think about them strictly in terms of a little weight gain.  ‘If you understand that they also impact your brain in a way that can promote anxiety, that makes the stakes even higher.’ The government recommends men should not eat more than 30g of saturated fat a day, and women 20g – roughly about 11% of our total energy intake from food. However, in the UK, many people exceed this, and in the US, the Centers for Disease Control says the typical diet is about 36% fat.

Source: MSN