Study links high-fat diets to anxiety

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Could your diet be increasing your anxiety? Science says yes

When anxiety strikes, we often turn to comfort foods like chocolate or donuts. However, new research suggests that high-fat diets may actually worsen anxiety.

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High-fat diets have an ‘extraordinary’ effect on anxiety

Donuts are a sweet treat – but high in fat (Picture: Getty) When feeling stressed, many of us may turn to junk food to help. Perhaps some chocolate for a mid-afternoon boost, or a donut on the way home to reward surviving another 9 to 5. However, scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder have discovered that eating fatty foods may actually make our anxiety worse. Which, let’s face it, isn’t ideal. The team found that when animals were giv…

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Study links high-fat diets to anxiety

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A high-fat diet may fuel anxiety

New research shows when animals are fed a diet high in saturated fat for nine weeks, their gut bacteria change in ways that influence brain chemicals and fuel anxiety.

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A new study. Scientists have indicated a diet that can increase anxiety

A study published in the scientific journal "Biological Research" suggests that a high-fat diet may exacerbate anxiety states. 'We are programmed to notice things that cause us diseases,' experts point out.