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Junk food and the brain: How modern diets lacking in micronutrients may contribute to angry rhetoric

By Bonnie Kaplan, Professor Emerita, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
Julia J Rucklidge, Professor of Psychology, University of Canterbury

Ultra-processed foods high in sugar, fat and empty carbs are bad for the mind as well as the body. Lack of micronutrients affects brain function and influences mood and mental health symptoms.

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