Research has found that ultra-processed foods distort signals between the gut and the brain, encouraging people to overeat. The study was published in the journal Cell Metabolism.
Research has found that ultra-processed foods distort signals between the gut and the brain, encouraging people to overeat. While many nutritional experts have previously blamed the world's obesity pandemic on the excessive consumption of fats or carbohydrates, scientists from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases found that when people are encouraged to consume as much or as little food as they like, they will eat higher quantities of ultra-processed foods compared with unprocessed alternatives.