Sugar can trigger depression, anxiety and stress (2)

青春期正是压力应对能力发展阶段,这些危害对青少年的影响尤为令人担心.

If the body's stress response becomes too sensitive, teenagers risk growing up susceptible to high levels of stress.

如果机体对于压力的反应过于敏感,青少年面临着成年后面对高压更为脆弱的风险.

Prolonged exposure to stress can raise blood pressure, suppress the immune system, increase the risk of heart attack and stroke, contribute to infertility, and speed up the aging process.

长期处于压力状态会导致血压升高、免疫力下降,增加心脏病和中风风险,导致不孕不育,加速衰老过程.

As part of the study, lead author Constance Harrell of Emory University in Atlanta, US, and her team gave teenage and adult rats either a standard diet, or one high in fructose.

作为研究的一部分,调查报告的主要撰写人、美国亚特兰大埃默里大学（Emory University）的康斯坦斯•哈勒尔（Constance Harrell）和她的团队给小鼠和成年鼠喂食了普通食物或是高果糖食物.

After 10 weeks, they exposed the rats to stress, forcing them to swim or putting them in an elevated maze.

十周后,他们对老鼠施加压力,迫使他们游泳或是将它们置于高架迷宫中.

The teenage rats fed the high-fructose had a different stress hormone response to the test, including producing more of the stress hormone cortisol than the adult rats.

喂食高果糖的小鼠对测试表现出不同的压力激素反应,包括比成年鼠产生更多的压力激素皮质醇.

They showed depressed and anxious behaviour in response to the tests.

在测试反应中,他们表现出抑郁和焦虑行为.

Scientists found that a genetic pathway in the brain that plays a key role in regulating the way it responds to stress was also altered as a result of the diet.

大脑中的遗传神经回路在调节大脑对压力的应对方式中扮演重要角色.科学家发现遗传神经回路也会因饮食而改变.

The findings indicate that eating a diet high in fructose throughout the teenage years may exacerbate depressive behaviours, researchers said.