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Eating ultra-processed foods increases the risk of cancer

According to the latest scientific data, half of cancer cases can be prevented by changing our lifestyle. The harmfulness of a sedentary lifestyle, tobacco and alcohol is especially well established.

A study published this week The Lancet Planetary Health highlights the under-documented role of processed foods and beverages, which are particularly characterized by high energy intake, low nutritional quality, and the presence of ingredients not found in household kitchens.

This work, coordinated by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in Lyon, suggests that replacing 10% of these types of foods with equivalent amounts of simple, minimally processed products such as fruit and vegetables, cereals or milk would reduce this. the risk of several types of cancer (in particular, colon, breast in postmenopausal women, and liver). Scientists see in these results to carve out an important avenue…

Source: Le Figaro

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