Science Alert reports:
People who eat a lot of industrially processed junk food are more likely to exhibit a change in their chromosomes linked to aging, according to research presented Tuesday at an online medical conference. Three or more servings of so-called “ultra-processed food” per day doubled the odds that strands of DNA and proteins called telomeres, found on the end of…
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Teen’s Junk Food Diet Caused Him to Go Blind, Doctors Say
A teen’s strict diet of fries, chips and other junk foods slowly caused him to go blind. Source: https://www.livescience.com/teen-fussy-eater-vision-loss.html
How Information is Like Snacks, Money, and Drugs To Your Brain
A new study by researchers at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business has found that information acts on the brain’s dopamine-producing reward system in the same way as money or food. From a report: “To the brain, information is its own reward, above and beyond whether it’s useful,” says Assoc. Prof. Ming Hsu, a neuroeconomist. “And just as our brains like…