Italian epidemiologists find that ultra-processed foods — even if they're plant-based and nutrient dense — are correlated with mortality, especially from heart disease.
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An apple is an apple. It grows on a tree, it ends up in your grocery cart, you eat it. It's food.
A chicken nugget is... well, it can be a lot of different things and there are hundreds of ways the raw ingredients get from a farm to your plate. But still, you eat it. It's food.
Both foods are made up of protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and…