Researchers at Virginia Tech's Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC found that two meals with the same carbohydrates, fats, proteins, water, caloric, salt, and weight but that differed in their level of processing produced different metabolic responses. (Zach Hutelin / Virginia Tech via SWNS)
Processed food influences brain activity as well as metabolism, reveals new research.
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Alexandra DiFeliceantonio is a neuroscientist who works to understand the basic mechanisms of food choice — why we eat what we eat. (Virginia Tech via SWNS)
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Zach Hutelin, a researcher conducting experiments at the metabolic kitchen at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and the study’s first author, said the two meals are matched within 1 percent of carbs, fat, proteins, calories, water, and salt. (Virginia Tech via SWNS)
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