One of my frequent admonishments to patients is to only eat what God makes (or just avoid anything with a bar code — until a patient reminded me that fruit and vegetables are bar coded 😂)

“A review of research involving almost 10 million people has found a direct association between eating too many ultra-processed foods — those breads, cereals, snacks and frozen meals that have been industrially manufactured with flavors and additives to make them more palatable — and more than 30 health conditions, including heart disease, anxiety and early death.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/02/29/ultraprocessed-foods-health-risk/