right now scientists are sounding the alarm that a growing number of grocery store items are ultr processed and that leads to health concerns researchers say ultra-processed Foods the highend fats starches sugars and additives now make up 73% of the US food supply even though they are linked to health issues like diabetes obesity cancer and depression scientists now say these foods should be regulated with tobacco style warnings and advertising bands let's bring in Trish Cod she is the global lead for the food policy program at the Public Health Organization vital strategies Trish explain to our viewers the difference between minimally processed processed and ultr processed foods as it relates to our health okay so minimally processed foods are those foods that you would normally consider to be Fresh Foods freely available uh that you um can make make homecooked meals with ultra processed foods are are products not necessarily foods that you can't make in your home kitchen there they things that are um put uh use edible ingredients that are pulled apart put back together using industrial processing um the end result um is they add to it a a cocktail of additives emulsifiers colors flavors and the end result is something that's really hyper palatable um the there's a texture that's attractive and um these products are in the end quite desirable and tasty um they they're ready to eat ready to heat and unfortunately they are taking up way too much of a component of our diet um because lead to um some serious health consequences which types of foods that our viewers have in their fridge and pantries right now would you recommend they reconsider due to the health risks look a diet that's high in ultra-processed Foods is an unhealthy diet so the products that that that consumers really should be concerned about are those products that have got um that are wrapped in packaging often often plastic that have more than five ingredients um and that many of those ingredients are um are words that that aren't familiar there are things like um emulsifiers or even even chemicals that are referred to as numbers because they don't have real real names um so the typical products might be um crisps um uh packaged um foods that are ready to heat like lasagna those sorts of things I got to say you're breaking my heart because you're listening all the things I like but I encourage folks to look into your study and take these health risks quite seriously Trish CA thanks for your time today my pleasure thank you