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- Medical Video: Understanding Triglycerides | Nucleus Health
- What is the relationship between blood sugar and fat levels with the risk of mental disorders?
- Diseases that arise from a diet high in sugar and fat can also trigger depression
- How to prevent it?
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The latest data from the World Health Organization (WHO) last year said that there were more than 300 million people suffering from depression and 260 million people suffering from anxiety disorders in the world. Many of them live with both conditions. The high number of cases of mental disorders can not be separated from several factors, such as genetics, severe trauma, job demands, socio-economic conditions, to lifestyle changes including diets high in sugar and fat. Yes. Studies show that high levels of sugar and blood fat due to poor diet can trigger symptoms of mental disorders.
In fact, a 2017 study explained that it is not impossible if one day cholesterol can be used as a measuring factor for the risk of depression.
What is the relationship between blood sugar and fat levels with the risk of mental disorders?
Many studies have reported that people who eat a lot of sugar, salt, and fat tend to experience depression and anxiety disorders. A study in Iran even mentions cases of depression in patients with diabetes penetrate the figure of 70 percent.
Eating sweet foods occasionally can make you happy. But if the portion is excessive and carried out continuously, sugar can cause addiction which has the same effect as drug or alcohol addiction. This is because sugar triggers the brain to produce dopamine, a compound that is responsible for creating a cheerful and happy mood.
When you eat sugar, the body will produce this hormone. When dopamine levels recede, the brain reads it as a "threat" so that it signals the body to eat again so that the happy hormone is produced again. Ironically, this sensation of cravings will trigger you to become addicted. The more sugar you eat, the dopamine hormone produced is out of reasonable limits. When the amount of dopamine in the body is very large, the response it causes is just the opposite. You are even easier bad mood.
Just as most eat sugar, a diet that is completely salty and fatty also contributes to the risk of a person experiencing mental disorders. These foods can also cause addictive effects such as sweet foods, nicotine, or alcoholic beverages which ultimately make the brain produce excessive dopamine. Many studies have shown that high levels of blood fat, especially LDL bad cholesterol and triglycerides, are closely associated with an increased risk of depression, including attempted suicide.
Plus, excessive intake of sugar and salt is known to trigger inflammation in the cells in your body. Inflammation of cells, especially brain cells, and imbalance of brain hormones are the main risk factors that are thought to trigger symptoms of mental disorders, including depression and anxiety disorders. High blood sugar and fat levels are also associated with an increased risk of panic disorder and bipolar disorder, and other mental problems.
Diseases that arise from a diet high in sugar and fat can also trigger depression
High blood sugar levels are a major risk factor for diabetes, while excessive blood fat levels are associated with the risk of heart disease and blood vessel problems such as atherosclerosis.
The condition of the body that continues to decline due to these chronic diseases, including during treatment - the amount of medication taken, these restrictions, and the costs that must be spent - can be a source of severe and ongoing stress. Stress arising from chronic illness has long been recognized as one of the risk factors for triggering mental disorders.
How to prevent it?
Indeed, not everyone who likes to eat sweet and salty will definitely have a mental disorder. Mental disorder itself is a complex health problem, and can be caused by many other factors.
If all this time your diet is high in sugar and fat, it's time to start limiting these bad eating habits. Blood sugar and fat levels must be controlled by starting healthy eating and exercise as well as routine health tests so that the risk of developing mental disorders can be minimized.
