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Although plant-based diets are considered healthy, benefits disappear if people are mainly eating highly processed foods.

(CNN) — Want to reduce your risk of developing chronic disease and live longer while also helping the planet? Eat a plant-based diet, experts say.

Eating plant-derived foods that are ultra-processed, including meat substitutes, increases the risk of heart attacks and strokes

Research by Sao Paulo University and Imperial College London assessed the diets of adults aged 40 to 69 and linked them to hospital data

Ultra-processed vegan food can increase the risk of heart death, Lancet research suggests.

Here, in the second part of our serialisation of his bestselling book, TV doctor Chris van Tulleken warns of the hidden dangers behind food which we find so tasty.

Significantly over-processed foods are one of the most significant nutrition problems we are facing, it is argued.

Significantly over-processed foods are one of the most significant nutrition problems we are facing, it is argued.

In the book, which has topped bestseller lists in the UK, Chris van Tulleken unpacks the history, economics and, frankly, deeply frightening nature of the food science underpinning ultra-processed food and the companies that make them, as well as the rapidly growing scientific literature on the...

It’s almost three-quarters of all packaged food on our supermarket shelves - and experts think it’s driving the global explosion of obesity.