Dr. Mark Hyman breaks down three foods to cut to prevent heart disease: ultra-processed foods (which make up 60% of the American diet), trans fats hidden in labels as
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~60% of the diet.
A 14% increase in risk of death for every 10% increase in ultra-processed food intake.
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There's a number of foods that you want to get rid of, things that we just know are not good for you, that are going to promote heart disease and is, I think, universal, regardless of age, race, or your risk of heart disease. First, ultra processed food, which is really science projects made by the food industry to addict you and are deconstructed things from raw materials that bear no resemblance to their original form. And so this creates all kinds of weird signals in the body. And it's essentially all the stuff we are eating in America. 60% of our diet. For every 10% of this food you eat, your risk of death goes up by 14%. It's all the packaged, processed foods, pretty much everything on the gross grocery store shelves. The other middle aisles give it all the lasagna, pizza, ravioli, Mac and cheese and shots. It looks like food, but it ain't food. The next is trans fat. This is in lots of things. Shortening, margarine. It's supposed to be out of the food supply, but it's still there. Just look for the word hydrogenated. Never eat it. Everybody likes sugar. A little bit's fine here and there, but not in the pharmacologic doses. We're having it get rid of all the refined flour, sugar, high fructose corn syrup, artificial sweeteners, cane juice, whatever you call it, it's still sugar. A little bit, occasionally is fine, but it should not be in your diet on a daily basis.
