High calories, low mood.

Pizza, fried chicken and ice cream sound soooo good on a bad day, but several studies have shown that ultra-processed foods (UPFs) like donuts do not help your health or well-being and actually harm them.

In fact, the latest research — out this week in The Lancet medical journal — warned that UPFs are driving a “chronic disease pandemic.”

It’s no surprise since these foods are typically high in calories, fat, added sugar and salt, fueling the risk of obesity and related conditions like heart disease , stroke and Type 2 diabetes.

Global experts have also alerted that diets heavy in UPFs can lead to kidney disease, inflammatory bowel disease and certain cancers . Notably, there’s one major outcome that doesn’t draw as much attention as the others: depress

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