Aaron Hartman, MD reviews research from 45 studies covering 9 million people that links ultra-processed food to mental health disorders, heart disease, and diabetes. He argues against any regular consumption, rejecting the idea that occasional indulgence is safe.
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British Medical Journal (BMJ).
Over 9 million people.
Over 45 different medical studies.
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All right, everybody, this is really big news. This research here, published in the British Medical Journal, was looking at over 9 million people in over 45 different medical studies. And it showed a direct correlation with eating processed foods and any disease, all diseases, period. Now, they saw a big uptake in mental health disorders, heart disease and diabetes, which kind of makes sense. But the point is, ultra processed foods, period, end of story, are associated with every disease you can think of. They're bad. Now, a lot of times I talk with people and they're like, well, you know, how about I do the 80, 20 rule? Well, where we eat good two meals a day, and the third, we have a cheat day, or we eat good six days of the week and we have a cheat day. The question is, how much poison do you want to put in your body? How much depression, anxiety you want your kids have? How much diabetes and cancer do you want to have? And the answer is just a little bit. Well, then, here we go. But over 9 million people, 45 studies, it's a done deal.