These ultraprocessed foods may shorten your life, study says [Video]

Eating higher levels of ultra-processed food may shorten lifespans by more than 10%, according to a new, unpublished study of over 500,000 people researchers followed for nearly three decades.Video above: Massachusetts doctor discusses new study linking cognitive decline to ‘ultra-processed foods’The risk went up to 15% for men and 14% for women once the data was adjusted, said study lead author Erikka Loftfield, an investigator at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland.Asked about their consumption of 124 foods, people in the top 90th percentile of ultra-processed food consumption said overly processed drinks topped their list.“Diet soft drinks were the key contributor to ultra-processed food consumption. The second one was sugary soft drinks,” Loftfield said. “Beverages are a very important component of the diet and the contribution to ultra-processed food.”Refined grains such as ultra-processed bread and baked goods ranked next in popularity, the study found.“This is one more large, long-duration …