Posted on 02/02/2023 10:27:33 AM PST by Signalman
our cereal could be killing you.
A new study out of England published Tuesday links ultra-processed foods with heightened risk for developing and dying from cancer.
Researchers at London’s Imperial School of Public Health collected diet data for nearly 200,000 middle-aged adults and monitored their health over roughly 10 years, specifically their risk of developing 34 types of cancer. The medical researchers found that every 10 percentage point increase in the consumption of “ultra-processed” food — defined as items heavily processed during production such as ready-to-eat meals and a majority of breakfast cereals — was associated with a 2 percent rise in cancer incidence and a 6 percent increase in overall cancer mortality. Specifically, a 10-point increase in processed food consumption was associated with a 19 percent increase in ovarian cancer and a whopping 30 percent rise in ovarian cancer deaths.
“This study adds to the growing evidence that ultra-processed foods are likely to negatively impact our health including our risk for cancer,” lead author Dr. Eszter Vamos said in a press release. “Although our study cannot prove causation, other available evidence shows that reducing ultra-processed foods in our diet could provide important health benefits.”
While the study examined U.K. residents, the U.S. and Britain share similar levels of overweight people hooked on processed diets. Processed foods are generally cheaper and more convenient than healthier alternatives and come with high sugar content that makes the packaged products addictive. Prior research from the same team shows that the consumption of processed foods is higher in the U.K. than all the rest of Europe, and it linked processed products with obesity and type 2 diabetes.
“The average person in the UK consumes more than half of their daily energy intake from ultra-processed foods,” said Dr. Kiara Chang, another author of the study. “This is exceptionally high and concerning as ultra-processed foods are produced with industrially derived ingredients and often use food additives to adjust color, flavor, consistency, texture, or extend shelf life.”
In the U.S., the obesity epidemic has swollen to such epic proportions that in January, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released updated guidelines for tackling severe cases in children, including an aggressive regimen of pharmaceuticals and surgeries.
Rather than recalibrate the childhood experience with diet and exercise, the AAP recommends prescribing obese children ages 12 and up one of three medications to bring down their weight. Children 13 and older are recommended to be screened for bariatric surgery, a procedure that was previously considered to be of last resort for even the most severe adult cases. The academy’s primary funders happen to be pharmaceutical companies raking in the profits of turning children into lifelong medical patients instead of healthy, active young people.
Another study out this week, published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s by medical scientists at McGill University in Montreal, reportedly found a link between obesity and Alzheimer’s disease.
So that means everyone is going to get struck down in their prime??
Another study out this week, published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s by medical scientists at McGill University in Montreal, reportedly found a link between obesity and Alzheimer’s disease.\\\\
Not true. My mother had Alzheimer’s and she was far from obese.
Seed oil is in everything except produce, dairy and fish. More important than sugar.
Agree, seed oil is bad. I think the only healthy vegetable oil to use is olive oil.
Everyone who has eaten carrots, lettuce, broccoli, baked beans, ham, turkey, cheese, drank coffee and bottled water, will eventually die, from *something*. Another BS clickbait “study”.
One more time - the death rate is still hovering at virtually 100%.
I’m just sayin’...
This isn’t news.
The more processed a food is, no matter what kind of food it is... Vegetables, Meat, fruit... the worse it is for you.. this has been known and proven for decades.
Which is why I laugh at the faux meat crowd when they try to tell me they are living healthier.
As processed is that faux meat is, it is far far worse for you than just eating a real hamburger.
Luckily for me, Spam and Vienna Wieners aren't processed food.
Stress..is killing us.
I buy Spam for my fishing/hunting son in law. He thinks that’s a great gift. lol
I read an ingredient label for chorizo yesterday. It contained salivary glands and lymph nodes and the rest was fat and seasonings.
I understand coconut oil is also ok
“ items heavily processed during production such as ready-to-eat meals and a majority of breakfast cereals”
I cook everything myself now no pork kitchen is a mess I don’t care
Every day that a person eats salad puts the person one day closer to death! Death I tell you!!!
Yet people are living longer than ever
It’s considered a delicacy in Hawaii...or so I hear.
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