Does depression make you binge on sugar, or is it the other way round? It’s time to unveil the truth and decode the connection between sugar and depression. An occasional ‘sugar high’ after gorging on that bar of chocolate or digging into your favorite tub of ice-cream is perfectly normal, but if you find yourself doing this all the time, your body is giving you signs. Yes ladies, it means that your mental health needs more attention.

We all know how food triggers certain emotions in our bodies, right? If we are happy, we celebrate by eating our favorite food, and when we are down, we again turn to food. Sadly, all this food we are consuming is processed; the study proves that those participants who consume more refined carbs have developed depression over a period of five years. Now that’s an eye-opener, isn’t it?
Processed sugar: This kind of sugar has zero nutritional value, and provides empty calories. It is found in chocolate bars, soft drinks, and it goes straight into our systems.
After entering our body, sugar breaks down carbohydrates into glucose, which is then supplied to cells for energy. But too much energy is also a problem, ladies, because you won’t even realise when you develop sugar addiction!
There’s a reason for it: when you consume sugar, you release high levels of dopamine, which is a feel-good hormone. When you consume sweet treats in large quantities, your body begins to make certain chemical changes, which leads to an increased craving for sugar. When you don’t get it, you feel cranky, irritable, anxious, low, and severely depressed. These withdrawal symptoms are for real!
“Sugar gives you an instant kick and because this kick doesn’t go on for really long, you keep on adding more sugar to your diet”, 
Food has a great impact on our moods and emotions. Sugar can increase the risk of triggering mood disorders and depression — this is because it increases inflammation in the body, which has a huge link with depression.
So peeps, we aren’t saying ban sugar for life, all we’re saying is consuming it in moderation to avoid mental trauma!