Harvard Study: Processed Foods Linked to Brain Damage

"Food processing plays an important role in overall brain health," a Harvard study indicates.

According to a Harvard study, eating a lot of ultra-processed food may be bad for your brain.

According to The Times, the study, which was published in the journal Neurology, found a connection between a high intake of ultra-processed foods and a higher risk of dementia and strokes.

According to the study, middle-aged people who ate cakes, sweets, burgers, and carbonated drinks on a regular basis had higher memory issues. Furthermore, the risk of stroke increases with larger intake of these items.

The conclusion was that “food processing plays an important role in overall brain health.”

According to the research, these foods' production methods—rather than just their high calorie content—were the cause of their negative consequences. Additionally, it was shown that industrially manufactured meals may upset gut flora due to their high additive content.

Because of this disruption, these chemicals may induce chronic disorders through inflammation.

According to Frank Hu, the chair of the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Fredrick J. Stare Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology, "the vast majority of ultra-processed foods are unhealthy, and the more of them you eat, the higher your risk of various diseases."

According to The Times, almost 30,000 persons 45 years of age and older's data were analyzed by Harvard Medical School over a period of 11 years. Questionnaires on the participants' food consumption were used to get the data.

The participants' intake of processed foods was used to split them into four groups. At study's conclusion, 768 participants had been diagnosed with cognitive impairment and 1,108 participants had suffered a stroke.

According to Dr. William Taylor Kimberly, the study's primary author, "our findings suggest that the degree of food processing has a crucial influence in general brain function" (The Times). "More investigation is required to validate these findings and gain a deeper comprehension of which food or processing elements most significantly contribute to these impacts."

The Quran - Chapter An-Najm : 18

He certainly saw some of his Lord’s greatest signs.

وَلَقَدْ رَ‌آهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَ‌ىٰ 'And indeed he saw him another time' is explicit on the point. This verse too has two possible interpretations: [ 1] he saw Jibra'il (علیہ السلام) ; and [ 2] he saw Allah. 

That he saw Jibra'il (علیہ السلام) is perfectly obvious to any scholar. But there may be a hint to the fact that he saw Allah also, because seeing requires proximity and closeness to Allah, and the verse 14 عِندَ سِدْرَ‌ةِ الْمُنتَهَىٰ 'by sidrat-ul-muntaha (the lote-tree in the upper realm) indicates this closeness, meaning when the Holy Prophet ﷺ was near sidrat-ul-muntaha and had reached a high stage of nearness to Allah, he saw Him. 

The Tradition cited below supports the notion of the Vision of Allah:

وَاَتَیتُ سِدرَۃَ المُنتَھٰی فَغَشِیَتنِی ضَبابَۃ خَرَتُ لَھَا سَاجِداً وَھٰذِہِ الضّبابۃُ ھِیَ الظُّلَلُ مِنَ الغَمَامِ الَّتِی یَاتِی فِیھَا اللہُ وَیَتَجَلّٰی۔

'When I reached sidrat-ul-muntaha, I was overshadowed by something like the cloud and I fell prostrate for it. On the Day of Resurrection, there will be something like clouds overshadowing in which His Majestic Descent will manifest.'