Cognitive Decline Linked to Ultra-processed Foods 認知能力的下降與超加工食品有關

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Eating ultra-processed foods for more than 20% of your daily calorie intake every day could set you on the road to cognitive decline， a study revealed.

We all know eating ultra-processed foods—such as prepackaged soups， sauces， frozen pizza and ready-to-eat meals—isn’t good for our health. Nor is gobbling up all the pleasure foods that we love so much： hot dogs， sausages， burgers， French fries， sodas， cookies， cakes， candies， doughnuts and ice cream， to name just a few.

Studies have found they can raise our risk of obesity， heart problems， diabetes and cancer. They may even shorten our lives.

Now， a new study has revealed eating more ultra-processed foods may contribute to overall cognitive decline， including the areas of the brain involved in executive functioning—the ability to process information and make decisions.

In fact， people who ate the most ultra-processed foods had a 28% faster rate of global cognitive decline and a 25% faster rate of executive function decline compared with people who ate the least amount of overly processed foods.

一項研究揭示，如果超加工食品在你每天攝入的卡路里中占比超過20%，你可能就會逐漸出現(xiàn)認知下降。（剩余4079字）