CHEW ON THIS: FOODS WE EAT ARE KILLING US!
Globe US|January 20, 2025
WE ALL need food to live, but most of the stuff we eat in the American diet is killing us!
CHEW ON THIS: FOODS WE EAT ARE KILLING US!

Hot dogs, burgers, sodas and sweets can shorten your life, researchers warn

Thanks to the poor or nonexistent nutritional content of unhealthy fats, sugars, dyes and other substances in ultra-processed foods (UPFs) — which make up 75 percent of the U.S. diet — we’re shaving time off our life expectancy with every bite of burger or sip of soda.

Researchers say that topping the list of deadly foodstuffs are hot dogs, which can chop a whopping average of 36 minutes off your lifespan, plus another 12 minutes if you wash it down with a sugary or even artificially sweetened soft drink!

This story is from the January 20, 2025 edition of Globe US.

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