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Researchers evaluated about 5,800 foods by the minutes gained or lost upon eating and environmental impact.
They relied on a Health Nutritional Index, an adaption of Global Burden of Disease study.
Calculated net beneficial or detrimental health burden in minutes of life with food consumption.
Foods were broken to green, yellow, and red groups .
Processed meats, sugary drinks and breakfast sandwiches, found in the red zone.
Eating a hot dog has negative impact due to detrimental effect of processed meat.
Peanut butter and jelly sandwich was associated with a gain of 33 minutes.
Serving of nuts could help in gaining 26 extra minutes of life.
10 per cent of daily caloric intake replaced to mix of fruits, vegetables, nuts, legumes gains 48 minutes.
Olivier Jolliet, professor of Environmental Health Sciences says "...small targeted substitutions offer a feasible and powerful strategy to achieve significant health."
Research by University of Michigan published in Nature Food.
