Fruit quality and breakfast cereals can increase vitamins and fiber, which is very healthy? Research by Italian scientists actually says that they are "super processed foods", which are not only unhealthy but also accelerate aging? How to eat breakfast to be healthy?
Scientists at the Italian Neuromed Center for Neuromed and LUM University of Casamassima want to understand the impact of food on the body, especially using "biological age" to observe the impact of different foods on human cells and organizations. Biological age is an indicator of the degree of decline of the body's cells and tissues. This age may be different from the actual age, and may even reverse. Biological age can better reflect the health of the human body than the birth year.
The research team collected more than 22,000 recipients. In the study, the subjects' dietary habits and blood molecular data related to biological age were analyzed. It was found that people who consumed a large amount of super-processed food had biological ages generally higher than their actual age, that is, "older than their actual age." This study has been published in the "U.S. Clinical Nutrition Magazine".
Most people think that "super processed food" refers to what everyone calls "junk food", such as soda, potato chips, and processed meat. But researchers pointed out that many foods that everyone believes are harmless to "healthy" also belong to super processed foods, including packaged bread, ready-to-eat quality, sugar-filled breakfast slices, etc. After these foods are highly processed, their nutritional value has been greatly reduced, and may also have long-term impacts on health due to affecting the tract flora or changing the food structure.
Why do super-processed foods accelerate people's aging? Simona Esposito, the first author of the study, said that taking in large amounts of ultra-processed foods will have many negative effects on the body. In addition to poor nutrition, these foods may further accelerate the aging process by changing the tract microbiota and inducing inflammation. Therefore, these foods have a negative impact on health that exceeds their nutritional value problems.
Researchers remind that when choosing food for breakfast and other meals, we should not only pay attention to the nutrients of the food, but also pay more attention to the processing level of the food. Although some packaged foods are nutritious, they are still hyperprocessed foods and may have potential health risks. Therefore, it is recommended to choose natural and unprocessed foods, such as fresh fruits, full grains, protein-rich foods, etc. to maintain the best condition of the body.
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