Processed foods are primarily foods that have been altered in some way, either through the acquisition of preservatives or additives for its preservation or some of the ingredients are concentrated for the same purpose.
Before more doubts about how this is related to the spine, it is summarized in a popular disease: The obesity
There is a lot of confusion with consumers about what things are really healthy, and advertising only makes the confusion worse and only benefits the big companies.
For instance, products that advertise on their front label that they do not contain sugar, still contain many additives, that allow them to maintain their texture, shape and appearance for months or years.
Recent studies indicate that sugar substitutes trick the body and cause the same effect as large amounts of sugar.
Putting aside the false advertising about healthy foods, it is a fact that high fructose corn syrup has become the sweetener of choice because it is cheaper, especially in the US.
Processed foods in general have also been linked to serious obesity problems. A significant number of spinal problems are linked to a lack of tone in the muscles that support the entire spinal structure: ranging from the legs, buttocks, the abdomen and spinal erectors. Lack of tone is a common problem for overweight people.
Another look at the problem is the development and progress of diseases such as scoliosis, and related problems. Many of the processed foods do not include calcium. Calcium is one of the factors that you definitely need for a developing skeleton..
The skeleton preserves about 99% of calcium consumed, and virtually half of skeletal development can take place in adolescence. This means that the low consumption of this mineral during this stage causes a negative alteration.
In conclusion, we find a variety of correlations. Both overweight and morbid obesity, add extra weight (not normal) different from the one our column is designed; this may involve herniated discs, and deformations; Likewise, a sedentary lifestyle closely linked to obesity implies a lack of muscle tone, as well as calcium deficiency are also aspects linked to a series of diseases of the spine, including scoliosis.