Sugar can trigger depression, anxiety and stress

研究：吃糖過多會引發抑郁

Sugar can trigger depression, anxiety and stress

According to new research, too much sugar doesn't just lead to weight gain, but also depression, anxiety and stress.

糖吃起來或許很甜——但是它對身體的影響卻與甜相去甚遠.新研究表明,過量的糖分不僅導致體重的增長,也會導致抑郁、焦慮和壓力.

Eating a diet high in fructose as a teenager makes depression and anxiety worse, scientists found.

科學家發現,青少年攝入高糖分食物會加重抑郁和焦慮情緒.

It also alters how the brain response to stress, they said.

他們說,過高的糖攝入也會改變大腦對壓力的應對方式.

Fructose is a sugar found naturally in fruits and vegetables but is also added to processed foods and drinks - from biscuits to ice cream.

水果和蔬菜中富含天然果糖,但加工食品和飲品中,比如餅干和冰淇淋,都會添加果糖.

Scientists have found fructose appears to be linked to serious modern epidemics such as cancers, heart disease, hypertension, kidney damage, type 2 diabetes and even dementia.

他們發現果糖似乎與癌癥、心臟病、高血壓、腎功能損傷、2型糖尿病甚至是老年癡呆癥有關.

But now researchers say it also stimulates pathways in the brain that affect how it responds to stress, which have important effects for behaviour.

然而,目前研究人員稱果糖對大腦中的神經通路也有刺激作用.這些神經通路會影響大腦對壓力的應對,從而對人的行為具有重大影響.

It can worsen the symptoms related to depression and anxiety, they said.

研究人員說果糖會加重與抑郁和焦慮相關的癥狀.

These effects are particularly concerning during the teenage years, when a person's stress response develops.