An investigation by one of Brazil’s leading health research institutes has linked high intakes of ultra processed foods to greater rates of premature death.
For some countries like the US and United Kingdom, as many as 1 in 7 deaths could be attributed to ultraprocessed food consumption.
The study led by researchers from the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, based in Rio de Janeiro, analyzed data from eight countries, including nationally representative dietary surveys and mortality data.



Exactly, because normally ultra processed food contain many free radicals like those mentioned in this Nature 2025 article, but also in this 1995 publication
The Free Radicals would be a dope band name if Anderson .Paak and the Free Radicals didn’t already exist. Fucking creative geniuses always take my ideas first.
Free Nationals
Well that’s embarrassing considering how many of their shows I’ve seen (4). I’ll fix it. Thanks for correcting me.
Hey man, I regularly do that. Don’t be embarrassed. I genuinely laugh at myself because some of the things I get wrong are so wrong