00:00The food in your freezer, your desk drawer, and your daily lunch order may be quietly damaging your heart.
00:06And a major new study is putting numbers to the danger.
00:10Researchers tracking long-term cardiovascular health found that Americans who regularly eat ultra-processed foods
00:16face a 67% higher risk of serious heart problems, including heart attacks and stroke.
00:23Ultra-processed foods now make up more than 60% of the calories consumed by the average American every single
00:29day.
00:30Frozen meals, sugary drinks, chips, packaged snacks, fast food.
00:36Cardiologists say the danger isn't just the fat or sugar content.
00:40It's the combination of artificial additives, emulsifiers, and industrial preservatives
00:45that the human body was never designed to process at this volume.
00:49Doctors across the United States are calling for urgent action,
00:53including front-of-package warning labels and limits on additives in school lunches.
00:58Until that happens, the most protective thing you can do is reduce ultra-processed foods,
01:03starting with the meals you eat most often.
01:0667% higher risk from food most Americans eat every single day.
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