How Ultra-Processed Foods Make Us Sick

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The consumption of ultra-processed foods is increasingly associated with chronic diseases: obesity, diabetes, depression... This type of food harms the body through specific biological mechanisms that are linked to the very nature of these products.

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Ultraprocessed foods have been established as part of the diet in Latin America. It is estimated that in the region between 100 and 150 kilos of these products are consumed per person per year. However, they are not beneficial for health. A series of articles published in the journal The Lancet , relates them to chronic diseases. Not only that, as chronic diseases worsen, inequalities in health deepen.