SherBeareth<p>🥦 👀 At a time when Americans consume more than half of their daily calories from <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ultraprocessed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ultraprocessed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/foods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foods</span></a>, there is increasing evidence that <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/eating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eating</span></a> too many of these foods can make us <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/sick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sick</span></a>.</p><p>A study published in the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BritishMedicalJournal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishMedicalJournal</span></a> finds people who consume high amounts of these foods have an increased <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/risk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>risk</span></a> of anxiety, depression, obesity and cancers. </p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/03/18/1238939706/ultra-processed-food-junk-food-disease-cancer-anxiety-depression-diet" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/sections/health-shots/</span><span class="invisible">2024/03/18/1238939706/ultra-processed-food-junk-food-disease-cancer-anxiety-depression-diet</span></a></p>