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Ultra-processed foods might harm patients in the early stages of multiple sclerosis

Those who ate more of the manufactured foods tended to have more frequent relapses

They also suffered from larger and more active lesions related to MS

FRIDAY, Sept. 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Ultra-processed foods could be making matters worse for people in the early throes of multiple sclerosis (MS), a new study says.

Higher consumption of ultra-processed eats is linked to more frequent relapses in early MS patients, researchers reported Thursday at the annual meeting of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis in Barcelona.

Brain scans also revealed more activity in MS lesions of people who ate more ultra-processed foods, researchers found.

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