Maybe. A 2020 secondary analysis of data collected from a group of 1,522 pregnant people with obesity found a small association between glycemic load and symptoms of depression.[1] However, this association was found in a re-analysis of data that were collected for another purpose. Any connection would need to be confirmed by studies specifically designed to investigate it.
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