Processed plant base food linked to heart disease.

Independent scientists pointed out that in the latest study, around half of the plant-based UPFs came from industrialised packaged breads, pastries, buns, cakes and biscuits, with very little of it coming from plant-based meal alternatives.

Also what makes something "ultra" processed as opposed to just regular old processed? Seems like a scare tactic to use that type of language.

Ultra processed means they have gone through multiple processing techniques. The fake meats that are vegan are ultra processed and are apparently just as bad if not worse for your body than just eating regular meat.

Independent scientists pointed out that in the latest study, around half of the plant-based UPFs came from industrialised packaged breads, pastries, buns, cakes and biscuits, with very little of it coming from plant-based meal alternatives.

Sounds like the issue is more Twinkies than Beyond burgers, in which case this isn't exactly news, nor does it support "time to eat more meat!"

The takeaway from this is not "we need to avoid plant-based meat alternatives," it's "we need to be conscious of the fact that being vegan doesn't automatically make something healthy."

UK Biobank is a large prospective cohort study that recruited over 500,000 participants aged 4069 years at baseline (between 2007 and 2010) across England, Scotland, and Wales with data linkage to hospital and mortality records.

Time to eat some plant-based crow TC

4) UPF, e.g., soft drinks, sweet or savoury packaged snacks, confectionery; packaged breads and buns; reconstituted meat products and pre-prepared frozen or shelf-stable dishes.

Yeah. I'm not sure why every alternative to a mainstream issue needs to be absolutely perfect and flaw free for people to accept it lol