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Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 218913 speaking of ice cream: "...Eating ultraprocessed foods for more than 20% of your daily calorie intake every day could set you on the road to cognitive decline , a new study revealed. We all know eating ultraprocessed foods... such as prepackaged soups, sauces, frozen pizza and ready-to-eat meals ... hot dogs, sausages, burgers, french fries, sodas, cookies, cakes, candies, doughnuts and ice cream... Studies have found they can raise our risk of obesity, heart and circulation problems, diabetes and cancer. They may even shorten our lives. Now, a new study has revealed eating more ultraprocessed foods may contribute to overall cognitive decline, including the areas of the brain involved in executive functioning -- the ability to process information and make decisions. In fact, men and women who ate the most ultraprocessed foods had a 28% faster rate of global cognitive decline and a 25% faster rate of executive function decline compared with people who ate the least amount of overly processed food, the study found. ...they are usually very high in sugar, salt and fat, all of which promote systemic inflammation, perhaps the most major threat to healthy aging in the body and brain... they also replace eating food that is high in plant fiber that is important for maintaining the health and balance of the trillions of bacteria in your gut microbiome," he added, "which is particularly important for brain health and reducing risk of age-related brain diseases like Alzheimer's disease." ...Fifty-eight percent of the calories consumed by United States citizens, 56.8% of the calories consumed by British citizens, and 48% of the calories consumed by Canadians come from ultraprocessed foods... ... People who consumed more than 20% of daily calories from processed foods had a 28% faster decline in global cognition and a 25% faster decline in executive functioning compared to people who ate less than 20%...For a person who eats 2,000 calories a day, 20% would equal 400 or more calories -- for comparison, a small order of fries and regular cheeseburger from McDonalds contains a total of 530 calories. ....That's the take-home message: Stop buying things that are superprocessed.cnn.com