Processed meats such as hotdogs may increase the risk of manic personality episodes, study finds

Eating processed meat could raise someone's risk of having a manic episode

People who had consumed processed meat were three and a half times more likely to have been hospitalised for mania

Cured 'meat sticks' were linked to an increased chance of hospitalisation

By VICTORIA ALLEN FOR THE DAILY MAIL

PUBLISHED: 06:00 BST, 18 July 2018 | UPDATED: 09:37 BST, 18 July 2018

Eating processed meat could raise someone's risk of having a manic episode.

A study of more than 1,000 people, including those with psychiatric disorders, found people who had consumed processed meat were three and a half times more likely to have been hospitalized for mania.

Manic episodes, where people become hyperactive, euphoric and cannot sleep, affect one to two in 100 people, including presenter Stephen Fry and Hollywood actress Carrie Fisher.

They are part of bipolar disorder, which used to be called 'manic depression'.

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