{"id":240938,"date":"2024-07-08T18:39:07","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T18:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/08\/is-ultra-processed-food-unhealthy-heres-why-no-one-can-agree\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:15:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:15:13","slug":"is-ultra-processed-food-unhealthy-heres-why-no-one-can-agree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/08\/is-ultra-processed-food-unhealthy-heres-why-no-one-can-agree\/","title":{"rendered":"Is ultra-processed food unhealthy? Here’s why no one can agree"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ultra-processed food is often high in fat, sugar and salt<\/p>\n

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Nutrition advice is often fickle. In the 1990s, nutritionists blamed fats for rising obesity rates<\/a>. Then, carbohydrates became the culprit in the early 2000s. Now, the refrain is to eat whole foods and avoid ultra-processed ones. Why can\u2019t we get a straight answer on what we should be eating?<\/p>\n

The trouble is that simply opting for foods with fewer and less-processed ingredients doesn\u2019t guarantee a healthier diet. In fact, as a recent meeting of the American Society for Nutrition in Chicago demonstrates, studies on ultra-processed food (UPF)\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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