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‘Damaging to your brain’: Comfort food and its negative impacts

Comfort food has a powerful effect on the brain, nearly comparable to street drugs. Too much can lead to more than just weight gain. Nutritional psychiatrist Dr. Uma Naidoo explains and provides some alternatives to get science to work in your favor.

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