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#Ultraprocessedfoods

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Yet another study about how "ultraprocessed foods" (UPF) will kill us.

I am very sceptical of all such studies. The definition of UPF seems rather arbitrary, but mostly, if you were trying to define a food group that maximised the chances of confounding by lifestyle and socioeconomic factors in any analysis, I'm pretty sure it would look much like the definition we have.

It's probably being poor that kills you, not UPF.

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crm30k

An overhead view of food which can be described as ultra-processed, including chocolate muffins, hot dogs, supermarket pizza, crisps, popcorn, doughnuts, burger buns and sweets
BBC NewsUltra-processed foods may be linked to early deathUPFs, such as crisps, biscuits, ice cream, hot dogs and fizzy drinks, are increasingly common in diets worldwide.

No, Fake Meat Wasn’t Found to Cause Heart Disease, as Some Headlines Suggest 🍔💔 A recent study found that eating ultraprocessed plant-based foods was linked to heart attack and stroke risk. But the devil is in the details 👀 Read more:

scientificamerican.com/article

Scientific American · What a Study on Ultraprocessed Fake Meat and Heart Disease Really FoundBy Lori Youmshajekian