Sugar can trigger depression, anxiety and stress (2)

青春期正是壓力應對能力發展階段,這些危害對青少年的影響尤為令人擔心.

If the body's stress response becomes too sensitive, teenagers risk growing up susceptible to high levels of stress.

如果機體對于壓力的反應過于敏感,青少年面臨著成年后面對高壓更為脆弱的風險.

Prolonged exposure to stress can raise blood pressure, suppress the immune system, increase the risk of heart attack and stroke, contribute to infertility, and speed up the aging process.

長期處于壓力狀態會導致血壓升高、免疫力下降,增加心臟病和中風風險,導致不孕不育,加速衰老過程.

As part of the study, lead author Constance Harrell of Emory University in Atlanta, US, and her team gave teenage and adult rats either a standard diet, or one high in fructose.

作為研究的一部分,調查報告的主要撰寫人、美國亞特蘭大埃默里大學（Emory University）的康斯坦斯•哈勒爾（Constance Harrell）和她的團隊給小鼠和成年鼠喂食了普通食物或是高果糖食物.

After 10 weeks, they exposed the rats to stress, forcing them to swim or putting them in an elevated maze.

十周后,他們對老鼠施加壓力,迫使他們游泳或是將它們置于高架迷宮中.

The teenage rats fed the high-fructose had a different stress hormone response to the test, including producing more of the stress hormone cortisol than the adult rats.

喂食高果糖的小鼠對測試表現出不同的壓力激素反應,包括比成年鼠產生更多的壓力激素皮質醇.

They showed depressed and anxious behaviour in response to the tests.

在測試反應中,他們表現出抑郁和焦慮行為.

Scientists found that a genetic pathway in the brain that plays a key role in regulating the way it responds to stress was also altered as a result of the diet.

大腦中的遺傳神經回路在調節大腦對壓力的應對方式中扮演重要角色.科學家發現遺傳神經回路也會因飲食而改變.

The findings indicate that eating a diet high in fructose throughout the teenage years may exacerbate depressive behaviours, researchers said.