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Even one or two sodas a day could be disrupting your gut health enough to affect your mood, a new study has found.

Researchers in Germany examined more than 900 adults — about half with clinical depression and half without — and found that those who drank more soft drinks were, on average, 8% more likely to be diagnosed with major depression and to have more severe symptoms, according to findings published this week in JAMA Psychiatry.

The link was especially pronounced among women who consumed soft drinks regularly, though it did not differentiate what kinds. Their risk of major depression rose by about 16%, while there was no significant association among men. Participants self-reported their mental health symptoms and s

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