Millions of Americans have been addicted to indulgence that are difficult to advise, and experts warn that they can guide a new generation of chronic health crisis.
Most of the typical American diets consist of a super processed food (UPF) containing a large amount of fat, sugar, emulsifiers and preservatives. And according to researchers, many Americans have been addicted to them.
Measuring whether a person has been ‘addicted’ means asking questions such as ‘Is there a strong urge to eat foods that can’t be thought of elsewhere?’ And did you feel symptoms such as anxiety, headaches or fatigue when you didn’t eat this food? And did the feelings disappear when they ate what they eat? ‘
In a study of people between 50 and 80 years of age, about eight out of eight people have shown signs of addiction in ultra -treated foods with obesity, diabetes, depression and heart disease and strong ties.
For both men and women, early food poisoning (UPFA) was more common between age 50 and 64 than the age of 65 and 80.
The UPFS began in the 1970s and became a fabric in American diet. Researchers behind the latest research on food addiction have studied the phenomena of the elderly because they were the first people in the smallest part of life in the food environment dominated by UPF.
Researchers warn that the younger generation grew up as a diet of super processed foods, so the brain was connected to addiction since childhood and later headed for serious health results.
Eduardo Oliver, a nutritious coach headquartered in New York City, told the Daily Mail: ‘I think we were very fueled by the edge of the health tsunami and was very fueled by decades of food consumption.’
It warns that early exposure can result in lifelong results for brain and mental health, with more than half of the calories in some diets through ultra -processed foods with obesity, diabetes, depression and heart disease and strong ties.
The latest report from the University of Michigan was part of the National University of Material University of Michigan, and is a repeated survey of health, health care and health policy, which is a repeated survey of adults over 50 years old.
They especially investigated the people registered in the poll. As a result, they used 13 question questionnaires from 2,000 adults with an average age of 63, using diagnostic criteria used in addictive drugs to measure addictive reactions to ultra -treated foods.
Questions and answers were used to evaluate the frequency of behavior, such as continuous use despite eating habits, intense craving, withdrawal, tolerance and noticeable negative effects.
Researchers used simple questions to evaluate health. Participants reported their weight by themselves, evaluated physical and mental health as a five -point scale, and showed how often isolated.
This study published in the journal Indulgence12 %of the US adults aged 50 and 80 meet the UPFA standard, the same as about 13 million Americans.
The prevalence was almost twice that of adults aged 50 to 64 compared to 8 %between 65 and 80.
This addiction was much more common for women, 17 %(7.5 %) than men, and 21 %observed in women between 50 and 64 years old.
UPFA is closely related to self -awareness. Men who described themselves in overweight were 19 times more likely to have a UPFA, and 11 times higher for women who described in overweight.
According to government surveys, less than 17 % of American adults were obese from 1971 to 1974, while children’s obesity was about 5 %.
Even people with poor mental health were much more likely to have UPFA, men were four times higher than men and three times higher for women.
Similarly, individuals with socially isolated feelings were about 3.4 times more likely to meet UPFA standards. People who are fair or poor health were about two to three times more likely to have UPFA, so important connections with physical health were found.
Researchers said: ‘Young cohort has been a teenager with children for decades exposed to the UPF, and the older cohorts were in their 20s and 30s.
‘In the early stages of development, exposure to addictive substances is related to the increase in the risk of future disorders.’
They added that the future generation born in the late 80’s has spent a lifetime in the saturated food environment so far, and it is more likely that the proportion of health problems related to this addiction and related health problems is much higher.
Oliver, the CEO of Supplement Marketplace Tribe Organics, added: ‘Our medical system is already struggling with the burden of chronic diseases, and we are not well prepared for the surge.
‘UPF exposure production is unique because the overall exposure is longer. If the diet is poor for decades, the conditions will occur early, and it will proceed faster and occur in the crowd. ‘
According to the government’s national health and nutrition surveys (NHANE), UPFS floods into the food market, which began in the 70s, have since reflected the US’s obesity.
In the early 1970s, the ratio of US adults and children was less than 17 % and less than 5 %, respectively. Today, about 42 %of Americans are overweight or obese.
High -treatment foods have high dietary diets are seriously threatening brain development at all important development stages.
Studies show that in the pivotal growth window, including pregnancy, childhood and adolescence, the food can stunt brain development, with high risks of learning, memory difficulties, mental health problems, and continuous constant results, including prestige for future health problems.
Super processed foods that make up more than half of calories in some diets warn that early exposure can occur for lifelong health and mental welfare.
More and more research institutes connect ultra -treated foods with serious long -term health results to people of all ages.
According to a controlled study by the National Institute of Health (NIH), the food contributed to overeating and found that people consume. About 500 more calories Even if the dining part matches, it is a day a day in the diet compared to the untouched diet. This contributes directly to weight gain.
According to a large French study, the risk of type 2 diabetes It rises 15 % Whenever the proportion of super processed foods increases by 10 % in a human diet.
In addition to weight gain and diabetes, UPF-HEAVY diets can increase blood pressure and harmful cholesterol levels, leading to high blood pressure, heart attack and stroke.
The study also pointed out that the risk of certain cancers, especially the digestive system, shows that high UPF intake is associated with the possibility of early death due to all causes.
