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Even bad foods might not be able to be eaten in moderation

By Ryan | April 23, 2007

A high-fat breakfast can lead to an unhealthy day:

Common dieting advice suggests that as long as ‘bad’ foods are eaten in moderation and tempered with a host of healthy choices, they are not terribly bad for you. A new study published in this month’s edition of the Journal of Nutrition demonstrates that a single high-fat meal in an otherwise healthy lifestyle causes a person to have a stronger adverse physiological reaction to stress than when eating a balanced diet.

The participants were fed a low fat and high fat meal, and then subjected to several tests to measure stress level. The high fat group found the tests to be more stressful then the low fat group.

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