An endless number of studies and experts emphasize that eating a healthy diet is essential for overall health and disease prevention and that consuming too much junk food is a big reason why we often fail to meet this goal. Yet a new study published in Lancet and commented on in the media points out that “at the population level, a low intake of healthy foods is the most important factor, rather than the high intake of unhealthy [junk] foods.”
In other words, 20 percent of people around the world who die every year don’t succumb because they did not stop eating junk food. The real reason is that they did not eat enough fruit, whole grains, nuts, and seeds, and they consumed too much sodium.
