In 2009, an echo was heard in the corridors of the Karolinska Institute: “Excess weight melts away the gray matter of our brain!” This grey matter, which represents the thinking and decision-making part of the brain, was slowly disappearing like the melting sand of a beach. Ahh, how hard it is to accept a sad truth! I thought a gram of flesh covered a thousand shames? It melts the brain, you know!
Even more tragic was another study that echoed through the cold walls of Harvard Medical School. It was said that obese individuals have a 42 percent higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. This is a painful truth that screams out to us that being overweight not only endangers our waists, but also our brains! If you have a parent with Alzheimer's disease close to you, you'll know what I mean!
Let's dig a little deeper, shall we? In 2014, scientists at the University of London investigated the dark link between being overweight and depression. And the result was that obese individuals were 55 percent more likely to be depressed. Excess weight disrupts our brain chemistry and turns our spiritual world upside down. Body-mind-soul are one! What more needs to be said? As Soner Yalçın wrote in his book Black Box, antidepressant use in our country increased from 11 million boxes to 55 million boxes from 2000 to 2018. 63.5 million in 2023! The increase in turnover is 89% in one year. Is it worth eating so much for the shame covered by a gram of meat? (I am sending the image)
Of course, recent anecdotes must also be part of this story. In 2015, the aging process in the brain was emphasized at the Artificial Intelligence and Health Technologies Conference. The brain age of individuals with a high body mass index was exactly 10 years ahead of their physical age. While obesity appeared as weight on our bodies, it was aging our brains like a plane tree.
Ah friends, these numbers are not just cold statistics. Humanity is bigger than just a number of statistical data! This is a call to protect our brains! Excess weight, beyond our appearance, is like a shadow that darkens our soul and mind. Even if you don't see the reason for your weight, it spoils your life for the rest of your life!