Plant-based ultra processed foods linked to higher risk of deadly heart attacks and strokes, study suggests UPFs such as vegan burgers and cakes increase risk of heart death, study says READ MORE: All the potentially deadly health dangers of energy drinks By Rebecca Whittaker For Mailonline and Kate Pickles Health Editor For The Daily Mail Published: 23:30, 10 June 2024 | Updated: 23:30, 10 June 2024 e-mail View comments Replacing meat and dairy with plant-based swaps might not be the simple health hack you think it is. Although eating fresh vegetables is linked with a lower risk of cardiovascular diseases, you may want to reconsider how many vegan burgers and cakes you tuck into. Scientists found opting for ultra-processed plant-based products — such as vegan sausages burgers intended to replace animal-based foods, as well as cakes and crisps — is linked with 15 per cent higher risk of suffering heart attacks and strokes.
That's according to analysis of more than 118,000 participants' diets from the UK Biobank study. Packed with fat, salt and laden with sugar ultra-processed foods have long been vilified for increasing heart attack and stroke risk. Although eating plant-based foods is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular diseases, you may want to reconsider how many vegan burgers you are tucking into as researchers say UPF foods could increase risk Now research published in Lancet Regional Health - Europe, suggests these dangers are even present in plant-based .