The world’s largest review has shared shock findings
Ultra-processed food (UPF) is associated with causing harm to every major organ in the human body, according to the world’s largest review.
UPS are believed to post a seismic threat to global health, findings have revealed, with the category said to be displacing fresh food in children and adults’ diets all over the globe.
Foods classed as UPS can include sugary drinks, crisps, ready-meals, ice creams and more – you may not even realise how much you consume until you peer closer.
In the UK alone, more than half of the average diets are made up of UPF, with those who are younger, poorer or from disadvantaged areas facing diets including as much as 80 per cent UPF.
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Evidence regarded by 43 global experts in this field has suggested diets high in UPF are linked to overeating, poor nutritional quality and greater exposure to harmful chemicals and additives, the Guardian reported.
A systematic review of 104 long-term studies carried out for the Lancet series discovered 92 of the instances reported a higher associated risk of one or more chronic diseases, and early death from all causes.
Prof Carlos Monteiro, professor of public health nutrition at the University of São Paul, who is one of the Lancet authors said: “The first paper in this Lancet series indicates that ultra-processed foods harm every major organ system in the human body. The evidence strongly suggests that humans are not biologically adapted to consume them.”
The scientists have accused food companies of putting “profitability above all else” in this matter as the alarm is raised on UPFs.
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They added that while some countries have put in controls on the UPFS, police tends to be lagging due to “co-ordinated efforts of the industry to skew decision-making, frame policy debates in their interest, and manufacture the appearance of scientific doubt.”
Professor Chris Van Tulleken, from University College London, who is another one of the authors said obesity and disease related to diet has hike in line with “three-decade history of reformulation by the food industry”.
“This is not a product level discussion. The entire diet is being ultra-processed,” he added.
