Fast-food shrinks your brain

[Mercola]: Eating fast food — the epitome of highly processed “fake” foods — can have lasting ramifications on your brain health, so much so that researchers at Australian National University suggested you can cause “irreversible” damage by the time you reach middle age, just by eating a fast-food diet and not staying active.

If you are middle-aged and haven’t been eating the best, don’t panic — you can start making healthier changes starting today. However, the new study is eye-opening, once again hitting home the importance of healthy eating when it comes to keeping your mind strong as you age.

Worldwide, about 30% of the population is overweight or obese, but this percentage goes even higher in developed areas like Europe and the Americas, where prevalence is 50% to 60%.

According to the featured study, “Diet and physical activity are the main determinants of adiposity [being overweight or obese].” Obesity, in turn, is associated with negative changes in your brain....read more>>>..