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HII!! :D My name is Wendy Arellanes. I'm currently a Senior attending Amino Inglewood Charter Highschool. I plan to research about the Health Risks on processed foods and plan to find informational details on why we should limit our intake on certain products.

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What doctors wish patients knew about ultraprocessed foods- Sara Berg

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What doctors wish patients knew about ultraprocessed foods- Sara Berg

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5 key Takeaways:

"Ultra processed foods are linked to 30+ health conditions".

"Unprocessed foods don't have the necessary nutritional value that we need".

" 57% of caloric intake in adults comes from ultraprocessed foods".

" Ultraprocessed foods typically contain a long list of ingredients, most of which are not used in home cooking".

“High amounts of added fat and sugar added to ultraprocessed creations make them considerably more calorie-dense than most whole foods".

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What doctors wish patients knew about ultraprocessed foods _ American Medical Association

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Health Risks of Eating Ultra Processed Foods- Greg Chadwick

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Health Risks of Eating Ultra Processed Foods- Greg Chadwick

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5 Key Takeaways:

"Consuming highly or heavily processed foods on a regular basis increases a person’s risk of health complications including cardiovascular disease, certain cancers, obesity, and type 2 diabetes".

"Highly processed foods are sometimes called ultra-processed foods because they have been significantly altered to include fats, sugars, salts, and hydrogenated oils".

"Ultra-processed foods are typically energy-dense, high in sugars and fat, and low in fiber, protein, minerals, and vitamins".

"Processed foods may cause unhealthy weight gain, and unhealthy eating patterns".

"Many processed foods use inexpensive ingredients which adds on to the unhealthy train".

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Health Risks of Eating Ultra-Processed Foods _ Air Force Materiel Command _ Article Display

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Many people often don't know about the processed foods that they intake. These foods may consist of the things that you often don't think of including breakfast cereals, chips, or canned instant soups. Surprisingly many people don't know that "ultra processed foods don't just apply to food, but also the beverages drink. " This can include energy drinks, carbonated drinks, and other sodas. This is why many people often unexpectedly begin to have unhealthy weight gain as they often don't know of the unhealthy things they consume in their daily life's. This is important as people should be more comfortable with what they eat and always check labels on these foods for their own health and safety.

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As people begin to accommodate unhealthy foods they often don't think about how these foods will affect them in the long run. Ultra-processed foods often lead to health problems including "type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and dementia". This is significant as it's extremely unsafe for people because these foods are so widely consumed and normalized . Many people often don't know that '57% of their caloric intake" comes from Ultra-processed foods. The reason as to why these ultra-processed foods cause these complications is because of all the unhealthy ingredients in them, including added sugars and additives which case people to crave these foods and continue to buy them.

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There are many ways to fix your food intake including prioritizing fruits and vegetables as they "increase your satiated long and reduce the desire for ultra-processed snacks". Another way to avoid these types of foods is by preparing your emails at home and avoid going to fast food places or stores with chips, candy etc. Nonetheless, with home meals you can control your portion size and those kinds of foods have high fibers, more protein and healthy fats. These solutions can additionally introduce you to a diverse amount of foods and bring colorful meals that will benefit your health on the long run. As people make these choices they can fix their diets and lead healthy lifestyles that will allow them to have fewer health problems, better sleep , better brain function etc.

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Healthy Alternatives :D

Although it may be hard to fully change your diet as you most often crave your comfort foods, there are many alternatives to the chips, energy drinks and candies you eat. Some solutions to chips could be vegetable chips including: are kale chips, zucchini chips or carrot chips or fruit chips including : apple chips, banana chips, and mango chips. Some snack alternatives to sweet could be fresh fruit, trail mix, smoothies and frozen grapes. Lastly some alternatives to some energy drinks could be "unsweetened teas", waters, sparkling water with fruit, coffee, and unsweetened fruit and vegetable juices. These healthy alternatives allow people to "enhance body composition, and optimized performance both on and off duty" which can allow for better overall health.

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I developed Skills on research analysis and how to find evidence and interpret from a source and put them into a blog. These can be applied to future assignments when a teacher asks to find sources and write an assignment on that information on the spruce. I additionally learned how to made a whole like research project on a project. I now know how to additionally highlight sourced and save them as PDF's.

I learned that junk food can literally be anything that you eat and it can additionally be found in products that you expect like energy drinks. I didn't know that these products can have such big impacts on our lives and how much they can affect our bodies. I additionally didn't know that these kinds of foods are linked to many diseases and sicknesses that can affect your health long term. I learned that these ultra processed foods don't have the necessities needed but instead shave extra added sugars that are seriously unhealthy to your body. I didn't know that many of these foods are 57^% of the calories that we intake on a daily basis and how much they can affect our bodies.