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Evidence linking processed food to serious health issues like cancer and
even death continues to mount.
A pair of studies published Wednesday highlights the risk of frequently eating items such as hot dogs, cheese puffs, soda and french fries.
The first study, which looked at more than 24,000 adults in Italy, found
that those who consumed ultra-processed foods in large quantities had a higher risk of death overall, and mortality from heart disease in
particular, relative to people who ate less food in this category.
The second study followed more than 200,000 U.S. health care workers over
a span of 24 to 28 years, and found that men who consumed lots of ultra- processed food — more than nine servings per day, on average — had a 29% higher risk of colorectal cancer than men who ate around three daily servings.
Fang Fang Zhang, the second study’s senior author and an associate professor at Tufts University, said the group with the highest consumption
of ultra-processed foods probably got around 80% of their daily calories
from those items. The U.S. average is around 57%.
The study did not find an association between the consumption of ultra- processed food and colorectal cancer in women, though scientists aren’t sure why. One theory is that higher levels of estrogen could have a protective benefit, Zhang said. But the result could also be an anomaly, since most risk factors for colorectal cancer are similar for both sexes.
Prior research has linked ultra-processed foods to an increased risk of
high cholesterol, diabetes, obesity, cognitive decline, breast cancer and cancer in general.
Foods considered "ultra-processed" contain more artificial ingredients
than those that are simply processed by adding salt, sugar or oil. U
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