A study published in the journal Age and Ageing has found consuming ultra-processed foods like carbonated drinks, chips, and ice cream increases a person’s biological age.
Researchers found that for every 10 percent increase in ultra-processed foods (UPF) consumption, a person is 0.21 years biologically older.
In other words, the gap between biological and chronological age increases by 0.21 years (2.4 months).
Chronological age is the age of a person measured as time since their birth, whereas biological age is the measure of how old a person seems based on physiological and functional markers like genetics, lifestyle, and environmental influences.
Additionally, the participants who had a 68-100 percent UPF diet were 0.86 years biologically older when compared to the participants who had less than a 39 percent UPF diet....
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