Spanish we eat from 160 to 240 kilograms from ultra-processed foods per year, which corresponds to half a kilogram per day, according to data provided by Javier Sánchez Perona, CSIC researcher. These are industrial pizzas, pastries, cookies, cereals that we eat for breakfast, soft drinks, sweets, sauces… All these products are made from refined flour, sugar, low-quality fats and other additives.
Scientists have been warning for years about how harmful these foods are to overall health, as confirmed by a recent study from Deakin University in Australia. The team analyzed articles published on the topic over the past three years and found “strong evidence” that consumption of ultra-processed foods is strongly associated with deterioration of mental health
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Thus, study leaders Melissa Lane and Wolfgang Max found that the risk depression increased by 22% when ultra-processed foods were common in the diet, and that this disease worsened dramatically when the amount of these types of foods exceeded the norm. 30% of daily ration person. Researcher Lane stressed the importance of taking “structural measures” to combat this dangerous trend, as well as including “warning labels on packages such as cigarettes.”
In addition to links to mental disorders, recent research also shows that ultra-processed foods cause a number of other overall health problems:
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