Ultra processed foods raise heart disease and death risk study finds alarming new link

Top eaters faced higher fatal cardiovascular outcomes

A new European cardiology report warns that people with the highest ultra processed food intake face notably greater risks of heart disease, irregular heart rhythms, obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular death. The authors urge clinicians to more actively counsel patients on cutting back, saying the cumulative evidence points to ultra processed diets as a meaningful, modifiable health threat.