High Fructose Corn Syrup-Moderate Fat Diet Potentiates Anxio-Depressive Behavior
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High Fructose Corn Syrup-Moderate Fat Diet Potentiates Anxio-Depressive Behavior
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Re: High Fructose Corn Syrup-Moderate Fat Diet Potentiates Anxio-Depressive Behavior
#2...in mice.
Edit: not to say I don't believe the effect might be present in humans but the significance of this study should not be overrated.
Re: High Fructose Corn Syrup-Moderate Fat Diet Potentiates Anxio-Depressive Behavior
#3...in mice. Edit: not to say I don't believe the effect might be present in humans but the significance of this study should not be overrated.
The observed effect is caused by changes to gut microbiota composition. While there are differences in our flora compared to mice, the reactions happening at that scale should be the same.
Whether those changes to human gut would cause these symptoms may be up for debate, but that does not make this irrelevant or useless in any way.
Re: High Fructose Corn Syrup-Moderate Fat Diet Potentiates Anxio-Depressive Behavior
#4Anecdotal, but I recently started a no-sugar diet just to see what would happen, and I saw an immediate improvement in my mood. I wake up feeling excited about my day instead of groggy. I also get less tired in the evenings after work. It's not perfect, but there's a clear difference. I'm not going back.
Also, it made me realize how much sugar/HFCS/etc. is in everything.
I have a feeling the next few decades of research will make us realize how horrible our diets are.
Re: High Fructose Corn Syrup-Moderate Fat Diet Potentiates Anxio-Depressive Behavior
#5...in mice. Edit: not to say I don't believe the effect might be present in humans but the significance of this study should not be overrated.
...however, does not mean it doesn't work similarly in hoomans.
Re: High Fructose Corn Syrup-Moderate Fat Diet Potentiates Anxio-Depressive Behavior
#6Anecdotal, but I recently started a no-sugar diet just to see what would happen, and I saw an immediate improvement in my mood. I wake up feeling excited about my day instead of groggy. I also get less tired in the evenings after work. It's not perfect, but there's a clear difference. I'm not going back. Also, it made me realize how much sugar/HFCS/etc. is in everything. I have a feeling the next few decades of resea…
I didn't have much of a change in energy or mood, but my allergy issues showed an immediate improvement.
Re: High Fructose Corn Syrup-Moderate Fat Diet Potentiates Anxio-Depressive Behavior
#7...in mice. Edit: not to say I don't believe the effect might be present in humans but the significance of this study should not be overrated.
The observed effect is caused by changes to gut microbiota composition. While there are differences in our flora compared to mice, the reactions happening at that scale should be the same. Whether those changes to human gut would cause these symptoms may be up for debate, but that does not make this irrelevant or useless in any way.
Grapes are poisonous to mice as well. Dose makes the poison is very relevant here.
Re: High Fructose Corn Syrup-Moderate Fat Diet Potentiates Anxio-Depressive Behavior
#8Anecdotal, but I recently started a no-sugar diet just to see what would happen, and I saw an immediate improvement in my mood. I wake up feeling excited about my day instead of groggy. I also get less tired in the evenings after work. It's not perfect, but there's a clear difference. I'm not going back. Also, it made me realize how much sugar/HFCS/etc. is in everything. I have a feeling the next few decades of resea…
I didn't have much of a change in energy or mood, but my allergy issues showed an immediate improvement.
Out of curiosity - how long (days/weeks) did it take you to notice your allergy improvements?
Re: High Fructose Corn Syrup-Moderate Fat Diet Potentiates Anxio-Depressive Behavior
#9...in mice. Edit: not to say I don't believe the effect might be present in humans but the significance of this study should not be overrated.
...however, does not mean it doesn't work similarly in hoomans.
Also doesn't mean that it does.
More importantly probably, this test was a standard diet vs. a "junk food" diet, so it makes many more changes vs. the control than just swapping sucrose for HFCS. It doesn't (and wasn't intended to) really reveal effects of HFCS specifically. Obviously you could look more at the specific differences between the diets used here in future research.
Re: High Fructose Corn Syrup-Moderate Fat Diet Potentiates Anxio-Depressive Behavior
#10Anecdotal, but I recently started a no-sugar diet just to see what would happen, and I saw an immediate improvement in my mood. I wake up feeling excited about my day instead of groggy. I also get less tired in the evenings after work. It's not perfect, but there's a clear difference. I'm not going back. Also, it made me realize how much sugar/HFCS/etc. is in everything. I have a feeling the next few decades of resea…
Even if you can't cut out sugar from your diet entirely (which is really hard given how much added sugar there is in anything that hasn't been pulled directly out of the ground), giving up sugary drinks and candy will make a big difference, as they're the biggest offenders. Even if you switch from a sugary drink to the zero-calorie version of that drink, you'll be doing yourself a favor in the long run; the jury's out on how bad aspartame is for you, but we know very well how bad these quantities of sugar are for you.