Eating a lot of packaged junk food can quickly raise your blood sugar, cause long-term body swelling, and mess up your gut bacteria. This weakens your body's ability to fight off sickness and makes...

Eating a lot of packaged junk food might be linked to stomach and gut problems like serious diseases or ongoing discomfort, according to studies that watch what people eat and their health.

Eating a lot of ultra-processed foods might change the bacteria in your gut, which could lead to stomach and bowel problems that cause inflammation.

Eating a lot of processed foods may change the good bacteria in your gut in ways that make it harder for your body to manage weight and blood sugar.

Chronic consumption of ultra-processed foods, refined carbohydrates, and added sugars drives systemic inflammation, insulin resistance, and dyslipidemia, prompting maladaptive dietary counter-reactions.

Eating a lot of highly processed foods might lower the good bacteria in your gut, raise the bad ones that cause inflammation, and could lead to health problems like diabetes or heart disease.