Can Our Facial Attractiveness Depend on What We Just Ate?

We all know that our attractiveness can change depending on the circumstances. For example, when we’re tired or after sleepless nights, we might not appear as attractive as when fresh and well-rested. This difference will primarily reflect on our face, one of the most important parts of the human body for evaluating attractiveness.

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Multivitamin-Multimineral Supplements Might Improve Cognitive Functioning in Elderly Adults

We are all aware that people of advanced age can often be forgetful, and their memory is no longer what it used to be. Tasks requiring speed and quick reactions are more difficult. Is there a way to prevent this?

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Does Lack of Sleep Dysregulate Parts of Our Brain that Control Appetite?

When lacking sleep, some drink coffee, some try to increase their physical activity to stay awake, and some visit the fridge. Most people have experienced this situation when they couldn’t get enough sleep, accompanied by a desire to eat more food than usual. But does lack of sleep really increase our appetite?

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Reactions in Our Immune System Can Lead to Behavioral Changes, Including Depression

Scientists have studied mental health problems for centuries. However, for most of this time, their focus has solely been on psychological symptoms because the scientific know-how needed to understand the complex biochemical mechanisms underpinning psychology was simply not there until now. Recent advances in biomedical technology allowed modern researchers to start mapping the biochemical mechanisms behind these disorders. One major topic of this type of research is stress-related disorders, such as major depressive disorder.

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Depressive Individuals Tend To Eat More Sugar

Most people know that there is a link between appetite and mood. When stressed, some of us tend to eat more (Dakanalis et al., 2023). A similar thing happens when we do not have enough sleep (Greer et al., 2013). On the other hand, when we are hungry, we tend to become angry and irritable. That is how the term “hangry” came to be (Hedrih, 2023a; Swami et al., 2022). But is there a link between moods or mental health in general and specific foods? For example, do the dietary choices of individuals suffering from depression differ from the dietary choices of individuals who aren’t suffering from depression?