The Claim
Among elite male basketball players, ultra-processed foods contribute approximately 30.6% of daily energy intake on average, with biscuits, cakes, sweet bakery goods, and reconstituted meat products being the primary contributors.
What the research says
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Elite male basketball players get about 30.6% of their daily calories from ultra-processed foods, primarily from biscuits, cakes, sweet bakery items, and reconstituted meat products.
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Among elite male basketball players, ultra-processed foods contribute approximately 30.6% of daily energy intake on average, with biscuits, cakes, sweet bakery goods, and reconstituted meat products being the primary contributors, indicating that even high-performing athletes consume substantial amounts of industrially formulated foods during competition.
Eating large amounts of ultra-processed foods like cookies, cakes, and processed meats lowers the amount of fiber reaching the gut, which starves beneficial bacteria that make short-chain fatty acids. This reduces the production of these important molecules that support gut health and energy use.
What the research says
1 studyThe study found that some top basketball players get nearly half their calories from foods like cookies and processed meats, which means the claim that they get about one-third from these foods is totally believable.
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