{"id":1940317,"date":"2023-05-29T16:40:05","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T20:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/study-refined-carbs-might-be-making-you-dumb\/"},"modified":"2023-05-29T16:40:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T20:40:05","slug":"study-refined-carbs-might-be-making-you-dumb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/study-refined-carbs-might-be-making-you-dumb\/","title":{"rendered":"Study: Refined Carbs Might Be Making You Dumb"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstudy-refined-carbs-might-be-making-you-dumb%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1940317&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>                         <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Your favorite coffee shop pastry might be making you dumb.<\/p>\n<p>A new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0191886923000612?via%3Dihub#preview-section-snippets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">study<\/a> out of France this month linked consumption of refined carbohydrates with lower cognitive function.<\/p>\n<p>In their paper published in the journal <em>Personality and Individual Differences,<\/em> French researchers studied the relationship between carb consumption and cognitive performance in 95 healthy young adults between 20 and 30. Of the 95 participants, 48 were women, and 47 were men.<\/p>\n<p>The French team of scientists found negative impacts on cognition across both genders. The consumption of foods with a high glycemic index, mainly refined carbohydrates such as white bread and many ultra-processed foods, \u201cis associated to a decrease of cognitive performance.\u201d Individuals\u2019 cognitive performances were measured by the Wechsler\u2019s digit symbol substitution test.<\/p>\n<p>The French research is far from the only recent study to find a significant relationship between diet and brain health. Last year, another <a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamaneurology\/article-abstract\/2799140\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">study<\/a>\u00a0from Brazil surveying nearly 11,000 adults found a correlation between an ultra-processed diet and lower cognitive function.<\/p>\n<p>In January, scientists at Montreal\u2019s McGill University found a link between obesity and Alzheimer\u2019s disease. For their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news-medical.net\/news\/20230131\/Study-finds-link-between-neurodegeneration-in-obese-people-and-Alzheimers-disease.aspx#:~:text=A%20new%20study%20led%20by,and%20lower%20risk%20for%20AD.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">paper<\/a>, published in the <em>Journal of Alzheimer\u2019s Disease<\/em>, researchers examined the patterns of grey matter atrophy present among obese people and patients with Alzheimer\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur study strengthens previous literature pointing to obesity as a significant factor in [Alzheimer\u2019s Disease] by showing that cortical thinning might be one of the potential risk mechanisms,\u201d said Filip Morys, a Ph.D. researcher and lead author of the study. \u201cOur results highlight the importance of decreasing weight in obese and overweight individuals in mid-life, to decrease the subsequent risk of neurodegeneration and dementia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While directly contributing to obesity, ultra-processed diets are also found to be directly associated with <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/35899785\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">depressive symptoms<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/02\/02\/every-bite-of-processed-food-is-killing-you-study\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shorter lifespans<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>[RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/05\/18\/depressed-ditch-your-phone-go-outside-fix-your-diet-practice-prayer-and-kindness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Depressed? Ditch Your Phone, Go Outside, Fix Your Diet, Practice Prayer And Kindness<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>   Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist and the author of Social Justice Redux, a conservative newsletter on culture, health, and wellness. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. 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