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Sugar just crossed the line from being a diet hazard into actually changing the way the brain processes stress. Researchers from Emory University School of Medicine have revealed how the dangers of the simple sugar fructose can go deeper than just an unhealthy diet. After discovering that a diet thickly laced with sugar can worsen depression or anxiety in kids and teens, they presented their findings at Neuroscience 2014’s annual meeting.