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Look for these 9 red flags to identify food that is ultra-processed

are we shortening our lifespans?

To improve your eating habits this year, you don’t need to count calories or carbs. Instead, focus on how much your food has been processed before it gets to your dinner table.

If you’re like most people, you eat a lot of ultra-processed foods and don’t even realise it.

Many of these foods – protein and granola bars, low-fat yoghurts and breakfast cereals – sound like healthful choices.

But ultra-processed foods are formulations of industrial ingredients designed by manufacturers to achieve a certain “bliss point”, which causes us to crave and overeat them.

Ultra-processed foods make up a majority of the calories most

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