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Chris Van Tulleken - Ultra-Processed People: Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn’t Food and Why Can’t We Stop? - Kindle Edition
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An eye-opening investigation into the science, economics, history and production of ultra-processed food.
It's not you, it's the food.
We have entered a new 'age of eating' where most of our calories come from an entirely novel set of substances called Ultra-Processed Food, food which is industrially processed and designed and marketed to be addictive. But do we really know what it's doing to our bodies?
Join Chris in his travels through the world of food science and a UPF diet to discover what's really going on. Find out why exercise and willpower can't save us, and what UPF is really doing to our bodies, our health, our weight, and the planet (hint: nothing good).
For too long we've been told we just need to make different choices, when really we're living in a food environment that makes it nigh-on impossible. So this is a book about our rights. The right to know what we eat and what it does to our bodies and the right to good, affordable food.
£1.99 for todays Kindle deal.
Hope it helps someone.
Product Description:
An eye-opening investigation into the science, economics, history and production of ultra-processed food.
It's not you, it's the food.
We have entered a new 'age of eating' where most of our calories come from an entirely novel set of substances called Ultra-Processed Food, food which is industrially processed and designed and marketed to be addictive. But do we really know what it's doing to our bodies?
Join Chris in his travels through the world of food science and a UPF diet to discover what's really going on. Find out why exercise and willpower can't save us, and what UPF is really doing to our bodies, our health, our weight, and the planet (hint: nothing good).
For too long we've been told we just need to make different choices, when really we're living in a food environment that makes it nigh-on impossible. So this is a book about our rights. The right to know what we eat and what it does to our bodies and the right to good, affordable food.
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sorted byThe UK is one of the leaders in this area - a lot of bread worldwide is produced using the Chorleywood bread process developed in the 1960s originally so UK flour could be used. Corned beef has been around since the 1800s,Bovril,etc.Modern cooking oils are highly processed. Even veg can be treated to extend shelf life,etc. Lots of modern vegan meat replacement foods are highly processed. But at the same time 300 years ago when there was less processed foods people lived less longer than they do now and were shorter. Go figure!
The only way to be sure is to growth your own ingredients. Anytime a company is involved the only important thing is their own bottom line. (edited)
Bacon, eggs, cheese, broccoli, steak are good for a keto diet.
It's hard to do, but not impossible. (edited)
Although I'm generally well versed in healthy eating, etc. I do not religiously practise what I preach. That said, I always try to ensure that my primary school kids eat healthy (I eat my chocolates and any other "unhealthy" stuff when they are not around) but allow them the occasional takeout like Nandos and sometimes/ rarely crisps and other junk so they never feel like missing out on the things that they see their classmates enjoy.
Knowing that they are familiar with Dr Chris from Operation Ouch (CBBC), I explained to them the general idea of the book and exemplified with one or two gross tidbits from it so that now when at the supermarket we discuss if anything they'd like to buy is UPF or not. We still buy UPF obviously but are very aware of it.
This shows that the concept of UPF is so easy to understand that even children will not have problems grasping the idea once explained to them in an age appropriate way.
Thank God I almost completely stopped buying supermarket bread since I got a new breadmaker over a year ago. I also stopped buying farmed fish since I watched a documentary about it a few months ago. I decided that eating less fish (non farmed is obviously more expensive) is better than eating farmed fish.
Some links that might be of interest:
Panorama
Ultra-Processed Food: A Recipe for Ill Health?
bbc.co.uk/ipl…lth
‘Monstrous’ sea lice and jellyfish invasions blighting Scottish salmon farms
theguardian.com/env…ets (edited)
It's not a diet book it basically highlights the fact that food from supermarkets is no longer food or made with safe ingredients.
It's definitely a book that you want to read if you actually care about your overall health and want to reduce the risk of getting a food related disease.
One warning. Once you've read it you will end up annoying everyone you know by trying to get them to read it (edited)
I have found this a life-changing book! If you struggle with your weight, this book could be a way out of that, as it has for me. I have been able to get my biology on side for the first time ever, and make healthy choices. If you ignore the (fairly well evidenced) role of Ultra Processed Food and just look at calories and macronutrients (i.e. carbs, proteins and fats) you may still be swimming against the tide of your biology, and making weight loss all but impossible.
The standard platitudes that everyone repeats about diet and exercise have a dismal success record in terms of keeping weight off long term. Why be so resistant to a new perspective which addresses this problem?