Junk food may lower stress: research


	Junk food may lower stress: research

tabsey

1-29-2008 2:06 AM

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The least stressed patients in the hospitals.

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2-4-2008 2:32 PM

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Yeah, it might reduce your "stress" but not your waistline!

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<P class="caption" id="storyPhotosCaption">Good for what ails you? Junk food like burgers could make you less stressed, new research suggests (AFP)</p> </DIV>
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<P class="first">New Australian research shows that eating junk food appears to lower stress levels.</p> <P>Professor Margaret Morris from the University of New South Wales conducted research on mice who had been separated from their mothers.</p> <P>Animals given junk food appeared less stressed and agitated than those fed on a healthy diet.</p> <P>Professor Morris says the brain pathways regulating appetite in rats are similar to those in humans.</p> <P>The research was presented at the Australian Neuroscience Society meeting in Hobart.</p> <P class="tags">
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