A new study followed 5,370 adults and found those eating the most ultraprocessed foods had:
58% higher dementia risk
46% higher risk of cognitive impairment without dementia
47% higher risk of either outcome
Food is information for the brain.
Less packaged food. More real food.
As for the other two claims, I was vegan for years; it is a folly that in practice simply increases the consumption of goyslop (ultraprocessed food)
And any heretical words against Christianity arrle not welcome at my door. I will pray that God reaches you. @MILLENIALCHASER 💔
Not rocket science
Ditch ultraprocessed foods completely
Eat a variety of natural foods to cultivate a diverse microbiome
Cook meals from 'ingredients', not chemical slop from plastic containers
Don't overeat
Exercise
(oh and it's 'fewer' calories BTW, not 'less')
In Norway there are three conglomerates that control everything that goes into grocery stores
They realized they could make a lot more money by selling ultraprocessed slop. Also they haggle down the prices, and co-operate, so the farmers have no power
"chemicals"
Nutrition advice should be better than vague paranoia about 'chemicals'. Water is a chemical.
Ultraprocessed foods aren't great, avoid those, but just having 'chemicals' like preservatives, emulsifiers, etc, aren't bad.
Sandwiches are not considered "ultraprocessed" food (UPF) but a hamburger, which is basically a sandwich, IS.
UPF is a mostly arbitrary, useless way to classify foods
Ultraprocessed foods are your friend. MREs are an option, but lately the price is being gouged.
72, eating all the bad stuff all my life, and not dead yet.
Knock on🪵
My latest article is about how:
It's not clear what the term "ultraprocessed food" means, what it correlates with, if it can even be used as a valid variable in epidemiology, or if it matters one bit for population health.
Link below!
Open the gates and let more cheap ultraprocessed kavli look-alikes in is not the answer, of course the exporters in EU would be happy to get to play with the wallet of norwegians.. To have our own food production we need the wall -
It's not like anyone understands or recognizes the contents when reading them full resolution either.
Vegan ready-made is ultraprocessed garbage.
I tried good vegetarian and felt like shit.
Definitely NOT going vegan.
I'd rather spend my money on farms that treat animals well.
@Thomashornall, you probably saw it or someone wrote it before me—but you and your tweet about ultraprocessed foods were featured in @Aftenposten! I rarely read news, but caught it a few days ago!👏🏼 Yesss!!!