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Ultra-processed meals raise insulin despite matched nutrients, study suggests

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Nutrition researchers have investigated why ultra-processed food (UPF) consumption often parallels poor health outcomes. Scientists at Virginia Tech, US, report that two meals with the same nutrition label still send the body and brain in different directions — a finding that they say may offer a “candidate mechanism” for evaluating if corresponding health problems are…

Ultra-processed foods spike insulin despite same nutrients

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Findings from a study in healthy adults suggest that different food processing methods produce distinct metabolic outcomes, even when lesser and ultra-processed foods are standardized to identical nutrition profiles — in terms of calories, carbohydrates, fats, proteins, water, and salt.