Higher Ultraprocessed Food Intake Linked to Lower Bone Mineral Density

Summary: Eating too much highly processed junk food isn't just bad for your overall health—it is bad for your bones, too. A large study of over 160,000 people found that eating a lot of ultraprocessed foods leads to lower bone density, which means your bones get weaker. People who ate the most of these foods had a 10.5 percent higher chance of breaking a hip. The risk was actually worse for people under 65 years old and those who are underweight. Doctors say this makes perfect sense because keeping your skeleton strong requires good nutrition, and highly processed foods just don't have it.

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