Feeling depressed? It could be all that junk food you’re eating. So drop those Twinkies!!

A Spanish study has found that people who eat food high in trans fats and saturated fats increase their risk of depression, Agence-France Presse reported.

The six-year study analyzed the diet and lifestyle of more than 12,000 volunteers. At the beginning, none of the participants has been diagnosed with depression. By the end, more than 600 people were battling the condition.

“Participants with an elevated consumption of trans fats (fats present in artificial form in industrially produced pastries and fast food…) presented up to a 48 percent increase in the risk of depression when they were compared to participants who did not consume these fats,” Almudena Sanchez-Villegas, associate professor of preventive medicine at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, said.

On the other end of the spectrum, researchers looked at the impact that foods such as fish, vegetable oils and olive oil had on mental health, and found they are “associated with a lower risk of suffering depression.”

Or maybe it is all the weight you put on from gorging on junk foods!

The price of fruits and vegetables is climbing faster than inflation, while junk food is actually becoming cheaper, the findings of a new study suggests. Using retail prices at major supermarket chains in Seattle, researchers at the University of Washington found that low-calorie, nutrient-rich foods — mainly fruits and vegetables — were far more expensive, calorie for calorie, than sweets and snack foods.

Moreover, the average price of the lowest-calorie foods — including green vegetables, tomatoes and berries — increased by almost 20 percent over 2 years. In contrast, in the same time period there was a 2-percent dip in the cost of the most calorie-laden fare, such as butter, potato chips, cookies and candy bars.  This is really no suprise, you just have to go to McDonalds for a value meal to see the low price of unhealthy food.