AIMAN INAM
NEW DELHI: Health experts here have warned that excessive consumption of junk food just not merely put in fats but may also trigger depression.
Ashish Kumar Mittal, MD psychiatry from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences noted: “Some people especially suffering with atypical depression tend to eat more, sometimes in binge pattern. Owing to increased eating, there is weight gain, which leads to further exacerbation of depressive symptoms.
“In such people, eating relieves stress for brief duration by providing distraction from disturbing thoughts.”
A distinctive depression is a subtype of main depression, which boosts hunger, drowsiness or extreme siesta, manifest exhaustion or weakness, mood swings and a sense of refusal.
“The most common cause of depression is neurotransmitter (a substance in the body that carries a signal from one nerve cell to another) imbalance in the brain, especially involving serotonin and norepinephrine,” explains Mittal.
Depression patients usually consume in binge pattern to relieve themselves but it may be soothing just for a while, as it turns out to be a ferocious cycle of unnecessary eating.
Senior consultant (psychiatrist), Dr Manish Jain maintained: “Psychologically or biologically, it is believed that eating leads to a release of certain chemicals which lead to satisfaction or relaxation. We do have patients who binge eats because of depression.”
Besides depression and stress, binge eating could too generate confidence deficiency, feeling of isolation, and hormonal deficit. Due to the feelings of disgrace and remorse, binge eating is considered an unmanageable and extreme eating chaos.
Conversely, researchers have advised that people can contain such disorder through sustaining a hearty way of life, being occupied in artistic work, keep away from fast food, alcohol and smoking in that order.