Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Global Perspective of the Relationship between Dietary Habits and Health, Dr. Akkinapally Venketeshwer Rao,Dr. Leticia Rao, Editör, IntechOpen, Rijeka, ss.1-22, 2025
Processed foods are foods that undergo physical, chemical, or biological processes to enhance durability, extend shelf life, improve taste and texture, alter nutritional content, or facilitate consumption. While traditional processed foods are preserved and packaged through methods such as canning or salting, ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are industrially produced formulations that are ready-to-eat or ready-to-heat and typically contain little or no whole food ingredients. Recent evidence suggests that the adverse health effects of UPFs may not only be due to the nutrients they provide but also to non-nutritive components and their impact on gut health. Diets rich in UPFs are associated with cellular changes leading to oxidative stress, which in turn contributes to inflammation and aging processes. In this context, reducing the consumption of UPFs, limiting refined carbohydrates, and modifying meal timing and frequency are recommended for improving health.