French Fries May Affect Mental Health 炸薯條可能影響心理健康

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French fries are comfort food for many. Butreaching for fried foods may have a negative impacton mental health.

A research team in Hangzhou， China， found thatfrequent consumption of fried foods， especially friedpotatoes， was linked with a 12% higher risk of anxietyand 7% higher risk of depression than in peoplewho didn’t eat fried foods.

Fried foods are known risk factors for obesity，high blood pressure and other health effects. Theseresults open an avenue in the significance of reducingfried food consumption for mental health， according toa paper published in the journal PNAS.

However， experts who study nutrition said theresults are preliminary， and it’s not clear whether friedfoods were driving mental health issues， or peopleexperiencing symptoms of depression or anxietyturned to fried foods.

The study evaluated 140，728 people over 11.3years. After excluding participants diagnosed withdepression within the first two years， a total of 8，294cases of anxiety and 12，735 cases of depressionwere found in those that consumed fried foods， whilespecifically fried potatoes were found to have a 2%increase in risk of depression over fried white meat.

炸薯條是很多人喜愛的爽心美食，然而吃油炸食品卻可能對心理健康造成不良影響。（剩余1643字）