" demonstrates that a single high-fat meal in an otherwise healthy lifestyle causes a person to have a stronger adverse physiological reaction to stress than when eating a balanced diet."

", which was carried out by a team at the University of Calgary, Concordia University, and Pennsylvania State University measured the physiological response in a group of healthy volunteers to stressful situations. The volunteer students were broken into two groups, one was given a fast-food breakfast from McDonalds while the other was given a breakfast consisting of dry cereal with skim milk, cereal bars and non-fat yogurt. The 30 volunteers fasted the night before then consumed meals which contained the same number of calories?the low-fat meal had supplements to balance it for sodium and potassium."

"Two hours later both groups were subjected to four different tasks; a mathematical test, a public-speaking exercise, submerging arms in ice water, and having a blood-pressure cuff kept on their arm. Along with each test, a battery of cardiovascular measurements was taken on each patient. Among them was blood pressure,
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