Ultra-processed foods tied to 4 in 10 heart and stroke deaths in Canada
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Canadians consume a lot of types of ultra-processed foods that new research is linking to nearly four in 10 heart disease and stroke events in Canada, including death.
Canadians consume a lot of ultra-processed foods, like nuggets, fries and soda, that have been linked to nearly four in 10 heart disease and stroke events in Canada, including death, a new study suggests.
Research funded by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada published Tuesday showed that ultra-processed food and drink make up more than 40 per cent of the total daily energy intake among Canadians aged 20 years and older.
“We found that ultra-processed foods are a significant contributor to the burden of heart disease and stroke in Canada,” said Virginie Hamel, a registered dietitian and PhD candidate at the Université de Montréal, who worked on the study.
The Canadian research – a first of its kind – found that an estimated 37 per cent of all new coronary heart disease and stroke cases and 38 per cent of all deaths from these cardiovascular diseases among adults in 2019 could be blamed on the consumption of ultra-processed food.
In other words, 96,043 new cases of heart disease and stroke and 17,417 deaths in Canada that year were attributable to such foods, researchers said. Men were more likely to be affected than women.
Ultra-processed foods go through multiple processes such as extrusion, moulding and milling, and contain many added ingredients and are highly manipulated, according to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.
Processed foods, meanwhile, refer to foods where ingredients such as oil, sugar or salt are added, and they are packaged. These include cheese, tofu, simple bread and canned beans.
Soft drinks, chips, chocolate, candy, ice cream, sweetened breakfast cereals, packaged soups and hot dogs are some examples of ultra-processed foods.
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