Brain Health: Just 4 days of junk food can damage brain, study finds: Here’s how fast it happens

Ever wonder what that weekend of fast food and snacks is doing to your brain? A new study published in Neuron reveals that even a few days of eating junk food, think burgers, fries, pizza, and chips, can hurt your memory by disrupting your brain’s “memory hub,” the hippocampus. Researchers found that a high-fat diet messes with the brain’s delicate balance of neurons, leading to brain fog, memory lapses, and slower thinking almost immediately. Your hippocampus is your brain’s memory, it helps store facts, experiences, and even where you left your keys. It’s also incredibly sensitive to what you eat, how you sleep, and how stressed you are. That means what you put on your plate can directly affect how well your brain remembers and processes information. Researchers gave mice a