Ultraprocessed Food Makes You Vulnerable to COVID-19

Eating ultraprocessed food makes people more susceptible to COVID-19 by causing metabolic dysfunction and harm to the immune system.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• A diet of ultraprocessed food makes people more susceptible to COVID-19 by causing metabolic dysfunction and harm to the immune system

• Ultraprocessed food increases the risk of obesity, cancer, Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and gallstones and compromises the gut microbiome

• Ultraprocessed food increases how fast people eat and de…