FOODS THAT CAUSE DEPRESSION AND SUB-OPTIMAL NUTRITION:

1. SUGARY FOODS: Make the brain sluggish, causing a person to be more depressed
2. DAIRY: Has a morphine-like effect in the brain, but it is short-lived and can drastically drop, making a person more depressed
3. JUNK FOODS: Devoid of essential nutrients, depriving the brain of  real nutrients
4. RED MEAT: Stimulant food, exciting the nerves in the brain, making a person more irritable
5. EXCESSIVELY REFINED FOODS: Can be easily converted into blood sugar levels, burdening the brain with the problem of regulating them
6. REFINED FLOUR: Simple carbohydrates without B-vitamins essential for brain functions
7. CAFFEINATED DRINKS: Constrict blood vessels, especially in the brain, preventing sufficient flow of blood
8. SATURATED FATS: Delay movement of oxygen-carrying blood to the brain
9. PROCESSED MEAT: Increases inflammation in the body
10. ARTIFICIAL ADDITIVES: Contain different kinds of chemicals that can harm the delicate nerves of the brain, resulting to irritable behavior

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