Junk Food Damaging Your Brain

Junk Food Damaging Your Brain - An increasing number of junk food restaurants will make the consumption of unhealthy food is also increasing. Junk food high in calories and saturated fat, and have more negative impact than positive impact, especially for heart health.

From now on you should think twice before deciding to eat junk food. Zeenews in early January 2012 revealed a study that showed a high saturated fat content can cause damage to the brain.

Researchers from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Washington studied the brains of mice that had been given a high-fat diet.

After some time, these mice were found injured on the hypothalamus, the area of ​​the brain that control appetite, including the desire to eat and give the signal to stop eating when the stomach already feels full.

The study also found signs of damage in the same brain areas in people who are obese. Michael Schwartz, the researchers assume that obesity is also associated with inflammation in the hypothalamus.

The researchers then compared mice fed a high fat diet with mice fed a normal diet for four weeks. In the first week, the researchers found gliosis in mice fed a high fat diet, excessive growth of cells that is a sign that the brain has been trying to heal itself from injury.

The researchers also found that although the brain improvement is an effective, inflammation gliosis continue to grow as long as animals continue to eat high fat foods. 

In addition, brain scans on 34 healthy subjects, ranging from fat to skinny, revealed that the relationship between body weight and gliosis in humans are similar to those found in mice.

So the conclusion is clear that junk food can damage your brain!