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Association of Ultra-Processed Food Intake With a Higher Risk of Glaucoma

April 24, 2024 TAKE-HOME MESSAGE An analysis of a large dataset gathered over an average 12.9-year period as part of the Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra Project showed a correlation between greater consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and the risk of development of glaucoma. Patients who reported consuming more than four servings of UPFs (particularly sweets) per […]

Researchers find phthalates in wide variety of fast foods

MedicalXpress Breaking News-and-Events | October 27, 2021 A team of researchers from The George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, the Southwest Research Institute and the Chan School of Public Health, has found phthalates in a wide variety of fast foods. In their paper published in Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, […]

Inflammatory diet linked to testosterone deficiency in men

21-Apr-2021 1:40 PM EDT, by Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott Newswise — April 21, 2021 – Consuming a diet high in pro-inflammatory foods – including foods that contain refined carbohydrates and sugar as well as polyunsaturated fats – may be associated with increased odds of developing testosterone deficiency among men, suggests a study in The Journal of Urology®, Official Journal of the American […]

Ultra-processed foods and type-2 diabetes risk in the sun project: A prospective cohort study

Llavero-Valero M, San Martín JE, Martínez-Gonzalez MA, et al Clinical Nutrition | April 8, 2021 In this study, the relationship between consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPF) and the incidence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) was explored. Researchers evaluated 20,060 participants (61.5% women) from the SUN project (Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra) followed-up every 2 years (median […]

Consumption of ultra-processed foods and drinks and colorectal, breast, and prostate cancer

Romaguera D, Fernández-Barrés S, Gracia-Lavedán E, et al Clinical Nutrition|March 1, 2021 Researchers undertook this multicentric population-based case-control study to determine if ultra-processed foods and drinks intake is related to breast, colorectal, and prostate cancers. Males and females between 20-85 years of age who received diagnoses of colorectal (n = 1,852), breast (n = 1,486), […]

NHANES: A Third of American Children Regularly Eat Fast Food

by Kristen Monaco, Staff Writer, MedPage Today August 14, 2020 More than 36% of U.S. kids ate fast food on any given day from 2015 to 2018, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data showed. Among U.S. children and adolescents ages 2-19, more than 11% consumed more than 45% of their daily calories from […]

IBD Tied to Foods Deemed Unhealthy

— French fries, sports/energy drinks had strongest association in large U.S. study by Diana Swift, Contributing Writer April 29, 2020 Foods typically labeled as junk food showed an association with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) among U.S. adults in a secondary analysis of the National Health Interview Survey 2015. Examining 2015 data from the annual cross-sectional health […]

Ultra-processed food intake and risk of cardiovascular disease: prospective cohort study (NutriNet-Santé) – Full Text Article

BMJ 2019; 365 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l1451 (Published 29 May 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;365:l1451 Abstract Objective To assess the prospective associations between consumption of ultra-processed foods and risk of cardiovascular diseases. Design Population based cohort study. Setting NutriNet-Santé cohort, France 2009-18. Participants 105 159 participants aged at least 18 years. Dietary intakes were collected using repeated 24 hour dietary records […]

Association between consumption of ultra-processed foods and all cause mortality: SUN prospective cohort study – Full Text Article

BMJ — Rico-Campà A, et al. | June 03, 2019 In this prospective cohort study involving 19,899 candidates (aged 20-91 years), researchers explored the connection between consumption of ultra-processed foods and all-cause mortality via multivariable Cox proportional hazard models. During 200,432 persons years of follow-up, 335 deaths occurred. According to findings, higher consumption of ultra-processed […]

Prospective association between ultra-processed food consumption and incident depressive symptoms in the French NutriNet-Santé cohort

BMC Medicine — Adjibade M, et al. | April 16, 2019 Researchers, for the first time, examined the link between the proportion of ultra-processed food (%UPF) in the diet and incident depressive symptoms in the NutriNet-Santé cohort using multivariable Cox proportional hazards models. Participants were aged 18-86 years (women, n=20,380; men, n=6,350) and did not […]

Ultraprocessed foods may increase death risk

Healthline/Medical News Today | February 12, 2019 According to one large new study, eating more ultraprocessed foods—such as sugary drinks and ready-made meals—increases the risk of all-cause mortality. There has never been a closer eye watching the average diet of people in the US than there is today. Rising obesity and diabetes rates have spurred furious research into the […]

Processed and junk foods: Bad news for pretty much every system in the body

Liz Meszaros, MDLinx | October 24, 2018 The number of fast foods restaurants in American has doubled since 1970. Is it a coincidence that since that year, the number of obese Americans has more than doubled as well? Likely not, when you consider that nearly 50% of American adults eat fast food at least once […]

Mediterranean Diet Associated With Diagnosis of ADHD

February 08, 2017 Pediatrics TAKE-HOME MESSAGE Children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and a cohort of healthy controls underwent evaluation of dietary habits to determine the association between ADHD and adherence to a Mediterranean diet. An ADHD diagnosis was associated with low adherence to a Mediterranean diet. In addition, there was a significant association […]

Soft drink intake and the risk of metabolic syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis

International Journal of Clinical Practice, 01/17/2017 Narain A, et al. In this systematic review and meta–analysis, researchers assess whether soft drink intake is connected with the development of metabolic syndrome. This work suggested sugar–sweetened beverage and artificially sweetened beverage (ASB) consumption are both connected with metabolic syndrome. This connection may be driven by the fact […]

Ultra-processed food consumption and the incidence of hypertension in a Mediterranean cohort

Ultra-processed food consumption and the incidence of hypertension in a Mediterranean cohort: The Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra Project American Journal of Hypertension, 12/13/2016 de Deus Mendonca R, et al. In this study, researchers investigate the relationship between ultra–processed food intake and the incidence of hypertension in a Mediterranean cohort. In this large prospective cohort of […]

Weekend binges just as bad for the gut as a regular junk food diet, study suggests

Date: January 20, 2016 Source: University of New South Wales Summary: Yo-yoing between eating well during the week and binging on junk food over the weekend is likely to be just as bad for your gut health as a consistent diet of junk, new research suggests. Yo-yoing between eating well during the week and binging […]

Science teacher gets surprising results from McDonald’s diet

Published on Jan 3, 2014 John Cisna of Ankeny — who is also a science teacher in the Colo-Nesco School District — put together his own amateur documentary looking at the fast-food giant. YouTube Link

Even a little is too much: One junk food snack triggers signals of metabolic disease

Biomarkers that quantify health can help inform prevention strategies for metabolic disease Date: November 2, 2015 Source: Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Summary: We hate to ruin Thanksgiving, but a new report suggests that for some people, overindulgence at the dinner table or at snack time is enough to trigger signs of metabolic […]

Unhealthy Diet May Shrink the Brain

Liam Davenport September 22, 2015 Consumption of an unhealthy Western diet characterized by meat, hamburgers, chips, and soft drinks, may reduce the volume of the left hippocampus, whereas a healthy diet of fresh vegetables and fish may increase hippocampal volume. In a study of more than 250 individuals, investigators found that during a period of […]

Consuming highly refined carbohydrates increases risk of depression

Date: August 5, 2015 Source: Columbia University Medical Center Summary: A diet high in refined carbohydrates may lead to an increased risk for new-onset depression in postmenopausal women, according to a study. The study looked at the dietary glycemic index, glycemic load, types of carbohydrates consumed, and depression in data from more than 70,000 postmenopausal […]