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A new study indicates that individuals frequently consuming fried food have 12% increased risk of anxiety and 7% increased risk of depression compared to individuals not eating fried food. This association was particularly notable for fried potato consumption. The study was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
Depression and anxiety are the two most frequent mental disorders. Individuals suffering from one of these disorders often also suffer from the other one. Estimates state that, after the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, the share of world population sufferin…