It is way around – those who are more prone for depression are more likely to consume fastfood and baked goods as a way to deal with bad mood. The more miserable someone feels the more food (fastfood) consumes due to compensatory mechanism :)

I’m a firm believer that preparing your own food from scratch goes a long, long way to a healthy lifestyle and a healthy mind. Learning to cook, making weekly dinner plans, building a nice little library of your favourite recipes and trying new recipes on a regular basis is great fun. A couple of years ago my wife and I decided to adopt this philosophy and it’s been great. We used to always rush through cooking the dinner so we could sit down and switch off in font of the telly. but then we decided what’s the point of that? mostly crap on anyway. Spend an hour or so preparing and cooking a decent dinner, then set a nice table, stick on some candles and have a relaxed dinner. Fuck all on telly most times anyway. Now we have a massive catalog of recipes from all over the world and even I can cook quite a few of them from memory.
After about 6 months you get pretty efficient at it too. It keeps your mind active, helps you wind down, you cook healthier food and you learn a lot.
You get really good at budgeting for food too. I felt very proud when one day we were paying for our food at the check out in tescos and it was entirely fresh meats, fruits and veg, no processed stuff at all. It’s a great feeling.

Highly recommend it.
Fish too, how the hell did I ever get buy in life only eating chipper cod???? can’t get enough fish these days.

i dunno that Ronald Mc Donald always has a smile on his face!

I’m a truck driver who often spends most of the week sleeping in the truck as that is the way my pattern of work has gone. Most people’s view of truck drivers diets is that we eat very badly. A lot of it is true some of the time but some of us actually do try to look after ourselves on the road.

When I’m sleeping in the truck I would mostly tend to make my own meals instead of eating out at take aways. The reason for this is that I suffer with chrons disease and I want to eat better. A typical meal would usually consist of chicken or pork, dry fried in the pan, fresh carrots and broccoli and basmati rice or pasta.

Al this would usually take 20-30 mins to make fresh. All I use to cook it is a few pots and a single ring gas camping cooker. I really enjoy what I cook and there’s very little crap put into it.

So what I’m trying to say is that it’s easy enough to make some decent food in a short space of time and for me it’s in very cramped conditions too. My truck is not one of the bigger ones either.
The cleaning up is the same as home though, it’s still a pain in the ass :-)

Uhmmmm. Interesting article.
The following springs to mind and I have googled same and I am not on my own.
Whenever I have a quarter pounder with fries I enjoy it at that moment but half an hour later I feel nausious.
Sound familiar?

Omega 3 fats are a large part of the brain. People just don’t get enough. Cod liver oil is rich in them

Interesting study. If you or anyone around you is feeling down, we have two weekly online depression group support sessions on http://www.turn2me.org. The support groups are Free to access, anonymous and professionally facilitated.

Loads of confounding factors here – you could argue that those who consume fast food are likely to be busier/more stressed, come from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, or are likely to exercise less. All of which are, as far as I know, linked to depression.

Also I take objection to the quote in bold at the end of the article. Mental well-being is an aspect of, not separate to, “health”. Implying otherwisev

Are they depressed because they are obese perhaps?

I bought a weighing scales that tells you the weight. When i got on it it said one at a time please.

Yes we all like to eat Burger and Chips but it is known they are not good for us. I suppose if eaten in Moderation now and again for a snack it might be okay. Parents should control the amount of this kind of food their children might be consuming. It is a case of having to make a choice between what is good for us and what is not I suppose.

Any parent who feeds their children that crap every week should be ashamed of themselves

Of course you’re gonna be depressed if you stand on the scales and the fkn thing explodes.

Lazy people eat bad food. Being busy parents is no excuse. You’re not busy being a parent if you feed crap to your children.

Yes I eating this food and I not smiling again Almost 3 months

God that Burger looks good, going to have to go to MC Donald’s now

Since I was a teenager I noticed that I’d get mood swings usually about a half-an-hour to an hour after eating Burger King / Supermac’s / McDonald’s, so I’m not particularly surprised at this research.

fizi I know exactly what you are saying i have 2 kids and used to work 6 days a week, but it’s a vicious circle your wrecked getting home so stick crap in the oven but the fast food makes you feel worse, and i used to find the kids became picky eaters and moody but made the conscious decision just to buy un processed foods in the shopping or healthier alternatives it’s easier now and quicker than oven chips and a pizza, you just need to plan ahead and it becomes quick and easy, and if the kids are old enough get them to help with peeling vegetables try it for a few weeks it will seem like a chore at the start but becomes much quicker and healthier! it’s worth it and your energy levels will come up too quicker;)

I just want to say kudos to the Journal for linking to the actual research article and not just the press release. It’s always much better to check the original source.

Can sulkie be making house with this jimmy riddle , is anice .

How bad is restaurant food compared to home food?

Big surprise, people who eat bad food are more likely to be fat/ unhealthy and less successful in life. Did they really need to pay for a study to reveal this?

Im hungry after reading that.

51%?…Factoring in margin of error, their not really after leaving themselves a lot of leeway to still be right about their conclusions are they?…

Super size me.

There are about as many confounding factors to that study as there are calories in that pictured burger….

Crap I broke the weighing scales :-)

Yummy

I eat mc Do regularly, not because I am lazy but because I like it. I don’t feel depressed or in a bad mood afterwards. regarding how the burgers are made I don’t care if I would care I won’t eat what they sold in supermarket.

hmmm.

i agree with HelloGoogleTracking!.
There is a big difference between Correlation and Causation.

This is a disingenous report and insulting to intelligent people.

You could use the same logic to link the murder rate to the consumption of ice cream. That is Correlation.
The actual common link is the hot weather. That is Causation.

Another misuse of statistics.

A correlation is found between 2 data sets, then the author ascribes causation in the direction they prefer.

Correlation can indicate a causal relationship, but it can be in either direction, also a possible third factor cannot be ignored, which might be driving both.

This is another lazy article…..more designed to push an agenda, than proper analysis and information.

Who dose these pointless surveys ,there is no link its all crap and a wast of time and money!!!!

Ah we are all gona die anyway…eat what makes u happy