Harvard University raises the alarm: avoid eating this food often as much as possible to protect your brain.
With a view to a varied, balanced and balanced diet, combined with physical activity, the advice of doctors for a very long time now has been very clear: try to limit, as much as possible, ultra-processed foods not only to safeguard one’s state of fitness, but also and above all to prevent as much as possible damage, for example, to the brain which, although in the long-very long term, can still occur.
For this reason the council of doctors it has always been to limit sugary drinks, alcohol and all those products, such as snacks that we can find in the supermarket or in vending machines.
One of the most famous and most chosen by lovers of snacks they are definitely the bag chips: according to a study by the National Library of Medicine of the United States, in fact, excessive consumption of this product can lead not only to problems related to the cardio-circulatory system, but also and above all, unexpectedly, to cognitive problems, also increasing the possibility of having a stroke.
Do you eat chips from the bag? Here’s why you should stop right away
The reason should be sought, again according to this research which was then confirmed by other studies in Spainin the fact that many of these products contain a high quantity of coconut or palm oil, with which the classic French fries which are then packaged are cooked.
The fact that classic commercial chips also contain a lot salt it certainly doesn’t help. This food, in fact, especially if it is a low-quality brand that has a low price, really contains a lot of glutamate, a substance that naturally stimulates the appetite, encouraging our body to eat more and more of it.
An advice? The Spanish expert Cristian Toro, in his program Fiesta which has been broadcast for several years on Telecinco (the correspondent of Canale 5 in Italy) recommends completely eliminating this type of food from one’s diet. diet. Obviously, as is also normal, if you are an avid devourer of chips from the bag, you don’t necessarily have to suddenly reduce their consumption to zero, however in a constant but gradual way trying to limit them until eliminating them completely could be an excellent way to finally feel well again and, above all, prevent serious damage to the brain which, although distant, can occur.
