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New Meta-Analysis Finds No Safe Level of Ultra-Processed Foods

UNITED STATES AND UNITED KINGDOM, JUN 30 – Researchers found that processed meat and sugary drinks increase risks for diabetes, cancer, and heart disease even at low consumption levels, with an 8% rise in diabetes risk from sugary beverages.

  • On June 30, 2025, researchers published in Nature Medicine a review of dozens of studies showing no safe level of processed meat, linking it to diabetes, cancer, and heart disease.
  • Uncertainty over safe processed meat levels prompted a burden-of-proof meta-analysis by US researchers, revealing no safe amount and links to chronic diseases.
  • Researchers found that consuming 0.6–57 grams of processed meat daily raises diabetes risk by 11%, while 1.5–390 grams of sugary drinks increase it by 8%, and trans fats elevate heart disease risk by 3%.
  • Public health experts recommend reducing intake of processed meats, sugary drinks, and trans fats to lower chronic disease risks, based on critical data from recent studies.
  • University of Bath experts warn that without urgent regulation to manage conflicts of interest with harmful industries, efforts to prevent chronic disease will fail.
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大纪元 Epoch Times broke the news in on Monday, June 30, 2025.
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