{"id":58969,"date":"2023-10-03T17:15:50","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T09:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/?p=58969"},"modified":"2023-10-03T17:17:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T09:17:39","slug":"mental-health-decline-ultra-processed-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/mental-health-decline-ultra-processed-food","title":{"rendered":"Your Mental Health Decline Might Be Caused By Ultra-Processed Foods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It seems that a strong link between eating a lot of ultra-processed foods (UPF) such as packaged cookies, and pastries, and a decrease in your overall mental well-being.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/sapienlabs.org\/whats_new\/report-out-from-sapien-labs-examines-impact-of-ultra-processed-food-on-mental-wellbeing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report published by Sapiens Lab<\/a> revealed this insight. Those who consumed UPFs several times a day were three times more likely to struggle with their mental health compared to those who rarely or never eat these foods.<\/p>\n<p>The study involving over 30,000 individuals and collecting their self-reported frequency of ultra-processed food consumption and its relationship to mental health symptoms and wellbeing. The study was a part of Sapien Labs\u2019 Global Mind Project, which studies mental wellbeing across the world.<\/p>\n<p>These findings support the findings from an <a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamaneurology\/article-abstract\/2799140\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earlier study<\/a> from JAMA Neurology which found an association between consumption of ultra-processed food and cognitive decline.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists have found that middle-aged people who ate the most junk food had a faster rate (of up to 28%) of cognitive decline, compared to those who ate less junk food.<\/p>\n<p>While factors such as genetics and socioeconomic factors are more commonly associated with cognitive decline, the study shows that a poor diet can also contribute to worsening mental health.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the results of the study, it\u2019s probably best for you to avoid eating junk food or at least cut it down.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/moh-kl-haze\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DoE Update On Unhealthy Haze Levels In Malaysia<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a strong correlation between eating junk food and your brain health!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":58977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[256,216],"tags":[1578,1432,1576,487,1577],"class_list":["post-58969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","category-news-updates","tag-cognitive-decline","tag-health","tag-junk-food","tag-mental-health","tag-processed-foods"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mental Health Decline Due To Ultra-Processed 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