Plant-Based, Ultra-Processed Food Linked to Heart Disease [Video]

A plant-based diet can be healthy — but not if you’re eating ultra-processed, frozen meals that are technically meatless.

A new study looked at the diets of more than 118,000 people in England, Scotland and Wales between the ages of 40 and 69 — and compared their diets with their medical records. 

The findings: Those who ate a diet high in plant-based ultra-processed food (UPF) were more likely to see negative cardiovascular health — while those who ate an unprocessed plant-based diet saw health benefits.

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“We observed that higher dietary contribution of plant-sourced non-UPF were associated with a lower risk of fatal and nonfatal cardiovascular events, while contribution of plant-sourced UPF was associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular events…