Leading medical experts are calling for heart patients to be explicitly advised to prioritise home cooking and significantly reduce their consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs).
A team of European heart specialists, in a new consensus statement, also recommended that patients adopt healthier eating habits such as eating more slowly and avoiding late-night meals. They underscored that UPFs "have become a significant public health concern," linking them to an increased risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and high blood pressure.
