All three diets are plant-based, focused on consuming more fruits and vegetables, whole grains, beans and seeds while limiting sugar, red meat and ultraprocessed foods. Eating more ultraprocessed foods such as hot dogs is linked to a higher risk of stroke and cognitive decline, according to a new study. What is it about ultraprocessed foods that may allow them to sabotage efforts to follow a healthy diet? Growing dangers of ultraprocessed foodsStudies on the dangers of eating ultraprocessed foods are piling up. That 10% increase was considered “baseline,” and adding even more ultraprocessed foods might increase the risk, experts say.

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Persons: ”, Andrew Freeman, ’ ”, Dr, W, Taylor Kimberly, Kimberly, Peipei Gao, Zhendong Mei, Mei, Gao, Harvard T.H, ’ ” Freeman Organizations: CNN, Jewish Health, Whites, Blacks, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham, Women’s Hospital, Harvard, of Public Health Locations: Denver, Massachusetts, Boston, Chan