Are French fries worsening our anxiety and depression?

Therefore, to bring back the feel-good factor on a boring or stressful day, we unconsciously prefer those foods again and again...

The research says that people who frequently indulge in consuming fried food such as French fries were 12 per cent more likely to go through anxiety-related issues and had a seven per cent risk of depression than people who did not eat fried food..

This association is like a chicken and egg story because we do not have clarity on whether fried foods were driving mental issues, or whether people going through anxiety and depression turned to fried food..

Moreover, fried foods can increase complications like obesity, high blood pressure and cardiovascular disorders which in turn can push the affected person further into a depression trough..

Researchers in Hangzhou, China evaluated 1,40,728 people over 11.3 years and showed that frequent consumption of fried foods, especially French fries, is linked with depression and anxiety...

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