Cutting out one category of food could nearly double weight-loss results, a new study has found.
Published in Nature Medicine on August 4, the study found that overweight adults who eliminated ultra-processed foods (UPFs) from their diets lost nearly twice as much weight over a two-month period compared to those who didn’t.
Examples of UPFs include packaged cookies, ham, sodas, mass-produced bread, pre-made meals, and potato chips. However, this category also includes less obvious products marketed as “healthy,” such as fruit-flavored yogurts, fruit drinks, breakfast cereals, and cereal bars.
