For each additional serving of ultra-processed food early mortality increases by 18%.

Dr. Casey Means: "For instance, in medical school, I did not learn that for each additional serving of ultra-processed food we eat, early mortality increases by 18%. This now makes up 67% of the foods our kids are eating. I took zero nutrition courses in medical school. I didn't learn that 82% of independently funded studies show harm from processed food, while 93% of industry-sponsored studies reflect no harm. In medical school, I didn't learn that 95% of the people who created the recent USG DA Food Guidelines for America had significant conflicts of interest with the food industry. I did not learn that one billion pounds of synthetic pesticides are being sprayed on our food every single year. Ninety-nine percent of the farmland in the United States is sprayed with synthetic pesticides, many from China and Germany. And these invisible tasteless chemicals are strongly linked to autism, ADHD, sex hormone sperm dysfunction, Alzheimer's dementia, birth defects, cancer, obesity, liver dysfunction, female infer