cardiologist Jorge Tartaglione Visited studios LN+Where he explained Relationship between increased cardiovascular disease with diet. “Ultra-processed foods are foods that have been artificially modified using preservatives and chemicals, making them richer,” he noted, ensuring that: “The industry knows it all too well.”.
After explaining the constant exposure to this type of food that society is exposed to, the specialist noted: “When you go to the supermarket, you feel like you want to buy them all because they are well presented. When you try it, it is addictive, because it is artificially modified with preservatives..
Tartaglione stressed that food companies know very well how to artificially modify products to manufacture them Visually appealing, pleasing to the touch, and addictive to eat. He added: “They know that if they add sugar we like them less, if they add fat we like them more, and if they add salt we like them more.”
“If you’re eating a chocolate cake, you can’t eat just one. It creates a sensation in the palate, and when you bite into it, it makes it taste so much better.”Detained.
“The problem is that ultra-processed foods are linked to 104 diseases. Why is there so much diabetes, so much obesity, so much cardiovascular disease, so many strokes?reflects the expert.
He continued: “I do not want to hold the person who enters the supermarket responsible. The truth is that they are cheap and rich. “It is resolved between industry, state and person.”
“The food industry is run by three or four of the largest companies in the world. It is being compared to the tobacco industry, which changed studies about what was actually happening. The state should increase taxes on ultra-processed foods and reduce taxes on healthy foods.Tartaglione suggested.
According to Tartaglione, there are three pillars of correct nutrition: “One is choosing the menu for the week, the other is shopping for that menu, and the third is how to maintain it.”.
In this regard, he suggested: “Go shopping without being hungry, look at the shelves, buy what is green, everything that comes from the earth and what your grandmother would have eaten.”.
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