A new study has raised the alarm among people who like to eat ultra-processed foods and some of the good ones have worse impacts on their health, according to research published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
A separate investigation into the British medical journal He suggested that about 60% of Americans' energy source comes from ultra-processed foods.
The items include snacks, carbonated drinks, noodles, ready meals and those that have a long list of unrecognizable ingredients and preservatives, it reported. news week.
Eating these types of foods makes people prone to unhealthy lifestyles, making them vulnerable to different neurological, cardiovascular and other diseases.
The current study has also revealed that it is making people weak or weak.
It is a condition that affects about 15% of adults aged 65 years and older in the US, associated with a reduction in the ability to respond and adapt to activity and injury, a reduction in muscle strength, a increased vulnerability to stressors and various other changes. in the physical.
The study, led by Teresa Fung of the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, revealed: “Ultra-processed foods [servings per day] “It was directly associated with the risk of frailty,” the researchers write. “We found an increased risk of frailty with each daily serving of artificial and sugar-sweetened beverages; fats, spreads and condiments; yogurt- and dairy-based desserts; and other ultra-processed foods.”
“Our research highlights the significant impact of diet on the risk of frailty in older women,” wrote one researcher.
“This suggests that it is not just what we eat, but the level of food processing that may play a crucial role in aging and physical function.”
