Consumer News Ultra Processed, Plant Based Food Could Increase The Risk Of Heart Disease

Is Your “Healthy” Plant-Based Diet Secretly Harming Your Heart?

Only unprocessed, nutrient-rich plant foods protect the heart. Ultra-processed options offer no benefit. Eating more plant-based foods is linked to better cardiovascular health, but only when those ... Read More

Are ultra-processed plant foods really worse than meat? Scientists weigh in

A new review challenges assumptions about ultra-processed foods, finding that plant-based versions, such as soymilk, meat analogs, and soft margarines, may lower cholesterol and disease risk compared ... Read More

Processed Food Undermines Benefits of a Plant-Based Diet

A French cohort study finds processed food levels outweigh plant-based balance in shaping cardiovascular disease risk. Read More

These plant-based foods can harm your heart health

To protect your heart, it’s important to focus on eating plant foods that are fresh, frozen, or canned without added sugar, salt, or unhealthy fats. Think fresh fruits and vegetables, plain legumes, ... Read More

Ultra-processed Foods May Lead to Inflammation, Heart Disease

New research published in the American Journal of Medicine suggests that eating too many ultra-processed foods may lead to increased inflammation and chronic illnesses such as heart disease. The study ... Read More

Eating Ultra-Processed Foods Could Be Harming Your Heart and Health

Most Americans get the majority of their daily calories from ultra-processed foods (UPFs) — think sugary drinks, packaged snacks, and ready-to-eat meals. While convenient, new research suggests these ... Read More

Processing level of plant-based foods: Impact on cardiovascular health

Consumption of plant-based products is associated with better cardiovascular health—provided they are of good nutritional quality and with little or no industrial processing. This is the finding of a ... Read More

Ultra-processed food regulation could backfire if paired with public health cuts, experts warn

Political and regulatory efforts to define ultra-processed foods and discourage their consumption could have unintended consequences when paired with funding cuts for public health programs, which ... Read More

Big consumers of ultra-processed foods show most inflammation: study

Sept. 29 (UPI) --New research shows that the biggest consumers of ultra-processed foods have "significantly elevated" levels of a protein associated with systemic inflammation that can signal ... Read More

Consumption of ultra-processed foods may exacerbate disease activity in early multiple sclerosis

Higher intake of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) may exacerbate disease activity in early multiple sclerosis (MS), according to new research presented at the 41st Congress of the European Committee for ... Read More