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I wonder what the link would be between highly-processed foods and mental illnesses like anxiety and depression
Craving for foods that fake your senses, sounds very much like drug abuse. As growing older I have been striving to avoid potato chips and go for fruits. Apples are sweet and crunchy. Clementine hydrates a lot. Banana provides potassium to avoid cramps, and so on. No junk food provides any of these... Yet, they entice us...
Not a doctor or scientist, but my guess is that the lack of nutrients messes with your gut biome which is directly related to anxiety and depression. The gut biome is going to be something that future us will think we're crazy for not looking into more. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7510518/
For those who need it simplified. It's long been theorized that our gut is essentially a "second brain". It's that important.