6 Ways Food Affects Your Mood
An unhealthy diet high in sugar and fat may be linked to poor mental health. Find out about the links between diet, mood, emotional eating, and mental health.
By Chris Iliades, MD
Medically Reviewed by Pat F. Bass, III, MD, MPH
Can a sugar high make kids bounce off the walls? Most parents would swear to it. But according to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center — a Harvard teaching hospital — numerous studies have failed to find the link between sugar and hyperactivity. So is the food-mood link a myth? Not quite, but it's more about feelings.
“The link between emotions and eating is no myth,†says Sherry L. Pagoto, PhD, associate professor of preventive and behavioral medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester. “People do eat to feel better, so the link is there.â€
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