Ultra Processed Foods...

Ultra-processed foods (UPF) are bad for your health for several reasons:

Quick and Easy to Eat:

UPFs are soft and easy to chew, which makes you eat them faster. This leads to consuming more calories without feeling full until long after you’ve finished eating.

High in Unhealthy Ingredients:

These foods are usually high in fat and sugar but low in fibre, which means you get more calories with each bite.

They can displace healthier foods in your diet, especially for people with lower incomes.

Addictive and Overeating:

Many people find UPF addictive, making it hard to stop eating them, even when they’re not hungry. This can lead to binge eating.

Gut Health Issues:

Additives in UPF can damage your gut bacteria, which is important for overall health. This damage can cause digestive problems and inflammation.

Inflammation and cell dysfunction is the causes behind many/all health issues.

Serious Health Risks:

• Death - So Called All-Cause Mortality

• Cardiovascular Disease (Strokes And Heart Attacks)

• Cancers (All Cancers Overall, As Well As Breast Cancer Specifically)

• Type 2 Diabetes

• High Blood Pressure

• Fatty Liver Disease

• Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Ulcerative Colitis And Crohn's Disease)

• Depression

• Worse Blood Fat Profile

• Frailty (As Measured By Grip Strength)

• Irritable Bowel Syndrome And Dyspepsia (Indigestion)

• Dementia

Negative Side Effects:

UPF can leave you feeling unsatisfied and anxious, disrupt your sleep, and cause constipation due to their low fibre content.

In short, UPFs are not real food; they are processed chemical substances created in a lab, designed to be cheap and convenient but can harm your health.

To feel better and be healthier, it’s important to cut down on UPF and focus on eating whole, nutritious foods instead.

1. Check the labels!

2. Buy whole foods

3. Shop on the outside aisles

4. You can't eat what you don't buy

5. Remember, your body processes harmful substances, which can lead to low energy and disease