Consuming ultra-processed foods has a 23% higher risk of Parkinson's disease death...Gastrointestinal disease increased by 12%
Jan 13, 2025
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Ultra-processed food is not a raw material of food, but a food that contains a large amount of artificially synthesized ingredients and is made through various processing processes. Examples include snacks such as potato chips, instant foods such as ramen, processed meat such as sausages, ham, and bacon, and carbonated drinks.
A joint research team, including the Lyon International Cancer Institute in France and Bristol Medical University in the UK, published the results of tracking and observation of 428,728 people aged 35 to 74 in nine European countries for about 16 years.
The researchers investigated the association between food intake according to the degree of processing and all causes and mortality.
As a result, people who frequently ate instant foods containing ultra-processed foods were about 23% more likely to die from Parkinson's disease. In addition, the risk of death from 'Gastrointestinal disease', which includes problems such as liver disease, complications from gastric ulcers, and appendicitis, increased by 12%.
The fatality rate of cerebrovascular diseases such as stroke increased by 11%, and the fatality rate of cardiovascular diseases such as heart disease increased by 5 to 9%, respectively.
In addition, the researchers also disclosed the results if only 10% of ultra-processed foods they consume were changed to natural foods such as fresh fruits and vegetables.
According to the results, the probability of death from Parkinson's disease decreased by 22%, the probability of death from digestive disease by 18%, the probability of death from stroke by 13%, and the probability of death from heart disease by 11-12%, respectively.
The researchers "We conclude that consumption of ultra-processed foods may increase the risk of death from circulatory disorders, cerebrovascular diseases, ischemic heart disease, digestive diseases, and Parkinson's disease." Encouraging consumption of unprocessed or minimally processed foods and not recommending highly processed foods in diet recommendations may be beneficial to health."," he stressed.
The findings were recently published in the renowned international journal 『The Lancet Regional Health-Europe』.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
