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Comfort Foods and Exercise Reverse Anxiety from Early Life Stress
Ingestion of a meal rich in carbohydrate is associated with improved mood and increased cognitive performance.
By Jayanthi Maniam and Margaret Morris
Stressful experiences during childhood can affect brain development, leading to increased anxiety and depression-like behaviours in adults, but this process can be reversed with diet and exercise.
Jayanthi Maniam is a PhD student with Margaret Morris, who is Head of Pharmacology at the University of NSW School of Medical Sciences. The research described in this article was published by the authors in Psychoneuroendocrinology.
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