return2ozmaResearcher explains connection between ultra-processed foods and depression
JTFCOAPSThe study found an association, and cannot find causation. So it could be that eating more ultra-processed foods leads to a greater risk of depression, or that depression leads to eating more ultra-processed foods, or that something else entirely causes both. The article seems to assume it’s only the first possibility without mentioning the others, which makes me think this is not worth reading.
The actual paper discusses the reverse causation hypothesis and using data over a 4 year period: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10512104/
You are doing (a) god’s work. Unfortunately, most people have a naive understanding of how science is done in medicine and don’t understand the value of cohort studies.
