A team of researchers from the University of New South Wales has uncovered a link between junk food and memory loss.
The team placed rats on a diet high in sugar and fat and compared their performance with rodents on a healthy diet.
Lead researcher Margaret Morris says the rats on the poor diet developed an impaired memory after just six days.
"Poor diet was associated with a cognitive decline that happened very quickly," she told AM.
"So within six days of the diet, the animals performed less well on a spatial memory task.
"We were surprised at how fast it was." Full story...
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The team placed rats on a diet high in sugar and fat and compared their performance with rodents on a healthy diet.
Lead researcher Margaret Morris says the rats on the poor diet developed an impaired memory after just six days.
"Poor diet was associated with a cognitive decline that happened very quickly," she told AM.
"So within six days of the diet, the animals performed less well on a spatial memory task.
"We were surprised at how fast it was." Full story...
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