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How Ultraprocessed Foods Harm Your Brain, Body, And Age You Faster
Why eating ultra-processed foods is your enemy #1
In the United States alone, 67% of children aged 2–19 and 57% of adults rely on ultra-processed products regularly. Around the world, it has become very popular to drive into a restaurant and grab a pack of food.
Many of us do this every day. It’s convenient, easy, and fast. The foods taste good and are often inexpensive.
The problem is that packaged and processed foods are loaded with fat, salt, and sugar. When you accumulate excessively high levels of these nutrients put your brain and body at risk.
Excess Sugar, Fat, And Salt In Your Brain
Diet of hot dogs and ice cream are growing in demand, but they have no real nutritional value and cause harm not just to your body, but also to your brain.
According to a new study presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Brazil earlier this year, packaged and ultra-processed foods have been found to cause cognitive decline.
Processed foods usually have a large amount of sugar content. Glucose from sugar is the main source of energy for all the cells in the body. And because the brain has a lot of nerve…
