Foods That Can Trigger Depression Symptoms

Vegetable Oils

The standard diet of most Americans contains copious amounts of sugars, preservatives, and unhealthy fats, usually in the form of commercial vegetable oils. Numerous processed foods, such as salad dressings and store-bought cookies, contain these oils, ranging from sunflower, corn, soybean, canola, and safflower oil. These vegetable oils are considered processed due to the high-heat and high-pressure process they go through, as well as the chemical solvents that are required to produce them. Plus, many of these oils are made from genetically modified organisms as well. Essentially, our bodies do not recognize vegetable oils, especially when they are heated and distorted, causing an unfathomable amount of inflammation within the body, which can lead to depression.