100g more ultra-processed food a day =14% higher heart risk: What a study found

Ultra-processed food consumption has increased considerably, and if a new study is to be believed, each additional 100 grams is linked to a 14 per cent higher risk of cardiovascular events. According to the study published in the journal Family Medicine and Community Health, it was found that higher consumption of UPFs was associated with higher risks of multiple chronic disease outcomes including obesity/overweight (23 per cent), metabolic syndrome (MetS)/diabetes (24 per cent), depression/anxiety (27 per cent), digestive diseases (31 per cent), cancer (12 per cent), and all-cause mortality (18 per cent). In fact, each additional 100 g/day intake was associated with 11 per cent higher hypertension risk, 14 per cent higher cardiovascular events risk, 4 per cent higher cancer risk, and 3 per cent higher all-cause mortality; each 10 per cent increase in weight/energy intake was associated with a 16 per cent higher MetS/diabetes risk.