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Fatty and refined foods, or a diet of processed foods, worsen the risk of depression by as much as 58 percent. This is the conclusion of a recent study conducted by British scientists on 3,500 adults over a period of five years. The findings show that ‘those who ate mainly fried, processed, refined, high-fat foods had a 58% greater risk of depression [...]

Normally, stress can make us grab some ice cream or a bar of chocolate, not knowing that such foods can eventually lead to more stress. They only relieve the malady for the moment. Comfort food, after all, is to make us feel better and give us some sense of well-being. Unfortunately, what have been known as comfort food are laden with unhealthy fats [...]

In New York, there is a campaign war against soda and other sweetened drinks. The city’s health department has launched ‘a public-awareness campaign, which includes posters in the subway system and a multilingual Health Bulletin’ that began on the end of August and will run for three months. The new campaign asks New Yorkers if they’re “Pouring [...]