How Does Junk Food Affect Your Brain. Bad diets have been linked to dementia due to high blood pressure and cholesterol disrupting the blood supply to the brain. Receptors in your mouth and stomach tell your brain about the mixture of proteins fats carbohydrates in a particular food and how filling that food is for your body.
The brains synapses chemicals responsible for transferring information from one cell to another are negatively impacted by junk food. Junk foods are designed to convince your brain that it is getting nutrition but to not fill you up. Junk foods are designed to convince your brain that it is getting nutrition but to not fill you up.
When we eat junk foods the reward circuits within our brains activate and release the chemical dopamine.
Why junk food is bad for you. Prior research already confirmed bad diets are linked to dementia due to high blood pressure and cholesterol disrupting the blood supply to the brain but research now demonstrates it can also prevent brain cells from responding properly to insulin. Receptors in your mouth and stomach tell your brain about the mixture of proteins fats carbohydrates in a particular food and how filling that food is for your body. In this review we describe the mechanisms by which junk food diets influence neurodevelopment during adolescence.
