Over 50% of the Calories Consumed in the US Comes From Processed Food

Over 50% of the Calories Consumed in the US Comes From Processed Food
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By J. D. Heyes, contributing writer to Natural News

Despite the wealth of evidence that phony foods are contributing mightily to the nation’s burgeoning obesity epidemic, tens of millions of Americans have not gotten the message and are still getting the bulk of their daily dietary intake from “ultra-processed food,” CBS News reported in March.

In fact, new research finds that more than half of the calories consumed in the United States come from such foods, which contribute not only to obesity but to heart disease, diabetes and other illnesses related to it.

They include "natural" and artificial flavors, colors, preservatives, sweeteners and other additives.