A recent study including over eight million people has found that for every 100 g of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) daily, the risk of several diseases, including hypertension, cardiovascular issues, and cancer, increases. “UPFs are characterized by high sugar, high salt, and other non-nutritive components, exhibiting low nutritional density yet high caloric content,” says Xiao Liu, MD, Department of Cardiology at Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China.
