How Western diets are killing us

Again, several but new studies have provided evidence how Western diets are increasing the risk of death among all populations.

Before now, local scientists including a consultant pharmacognocist and Chief Executive Officer of Bioresources Conservation and Development Programme (BCDP), Prof. Maurice, had warned that the rise in consumption of foreign foods has led to lowered population immunity and proliferation of non communicable diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, kidney and liver damage, and cancer.

According to one large new study, eating more ultraprocessed foods — such as sugary drinks and ready-made meals — increases the risk of all-cause mortality.

Rising obesity and diabetes rates have spurred furious research into the exact role of the “Western diet.

The Guardian, Thursday 21, February.

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