Fake Meat Linked To Heart Disease, Early Death – New Study

A new study published on Monday in The Lancet Regional Health — Europe, led by Renata Levy from the University of São Paulo, links ultra-processed plant-based foods to heart disease and early death.

Do you want to prolong your life and lessen your chances of chronic illness while also benefiting the environment? Consume a plant-based diet, advise experts.

Does it mean you can have frozen vegetable pizza, deep-dish macaroni, and cheese, or fast-food French fries and then have a doughnut or three for dessert?

According to Duane Mellor, a senior teaching fellow at Aston Medical School in Birmingham, United Kingdom, and qualified dietitian, all of those ultra-processed options carry some danger even though they may be meatless.

“We can’t always assume plant-based means healthy, as after all sugar is plant-based,” Mellor said in a statement. “Many foods that do not contain animal products, which includes biscuits, crisps, confectionary and soft drinks, are technically plant...