32 Ways Junk Food is Killing You | Vantage with Palki Sharma

for our last story today let's go back to history to the 1970s this was the era of bellbottoms and disco but for smokers it was a confusing decade people already knew that smoking was bad studies had linked cigarettes to cancer governments were intervening as well with education programs restrictions on selling to Children hik taxes yet somehow people still thought that smoking was fine and why wouldn't they cigarettes were still everywhere in magazine ads on billboards at sports events in movies and TV shows inside offices and bars country after country had a culture of smoking and if everyone seemed to be doing it could a thing really be that dangerous that's what people thought now fast forward a few decades today a similar scenario is playing out except this time junk food is the Menace or what scientists like to call ultr processed food up F they've given it a scary name to command the seriousness that junk food deserves but before I get to the dark worrying stuff what is ultr processed food it includes food that has undergone multiple industrial processes in simpler terms food that has been beaten to to a pulp and bathed in flavors colors and other additives it is ready to eat and looks absolutely delicious your Burgers chips chocolates fizzy drinks these are the obvious examples but even baked goods protein bars cereals and yogurts are part of this list yes they're mouthwatering but it's a scam because this food is seriously unhealthy and you already know that for years Studies have linked Ultra processed food or UPF to poor health it is high in added sugar fat and salt it is low in vitamins and fiber so you know that junk food is coming for your Wast line but I'm here to tell you that it's doing way more for the first time an international team of researchers has held an umbrella review this is a broad assessment they studied almost 10 million people to understand how UPF or ultr processed food affects the human body this is the world's largest review of its kind and here's what it found UPF is directly linked to 32 diseases this is not how I want to end a Friday or begin a new month but I want you to picture something think of the worst thing that can happen to your health think of any parameter mental respiratory cardiovascular gastro metabolic cancer mortality junk food poorly affects all of this it increases risks of all kinds of problems obesity by 66% cardiovascular disease by 50% type 2 diabetes 12% mental disorders by 53% depression by 22% it is is also linked to asthma and cancer and increases the risk of death by 21% these numbers are disconcerting but people love their burgers and pizzas the UK and the US consume the most UPF in the world ultr processed food more than half their average diet consists of junk food France and Sweden take the next two spots India is 13th on the list doesn't sound that bad does it but over the past decade the sale of junk food has tripled in India Indians spent $30 billion on junk food in 2022 $30 billion and according to the recent household consumption expenditure survey Indians have been spending more on processed food and lesser on homecooked meals but it's important to note one thing here everyone does not choose to eat junk food many don't see another way like people from disadvantaged areas junk food usually accounts for 80% of their diet and even people who can afford healthy food choose to avoid it because junk food is cheaper more delicious and it's everywhere from tv ads and memes to office vending machines our world frames junk food as an Indulgence and the warnings do not filter to our daily lives so what can we do about it you can't expect any better from food companies highly processed food is highly profitable we can't demand good intentions from consumers either why would anyone expect re tired Commuter or hungry office worker to resist a burger that's just gaslighting so let me go back to the example of cigarettes do you know how our perception changed towards smoking when governments Amed up their efforts between the 1990s and early 2000s governments pushed for obligatory warnings like no smoking signs or Warnings on cigarette packets they brought in strict regulation with junk food too strict regulation is the only way for centuries human beings have end engineered what they eat we say it's time we regulate it as well

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Length: 5min 24sec (324 seconds)

Published: Fri Mar 01 2024