Ultra-Processed People: Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn’t Food … and Why Can’t We Stop?

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His account of what happens to our food during its trip to our gut, and the connection that bad food has to the epidemics of obesity and diabetes .

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Neuware -An eye-opening investigation into the science, economics, history and production of ultra-processed food. You're honest about the effects of the food, but you don't put the finger of blame on anyone, even the companies; actually, there's a bit where you talk about the purpose of businesses to make money, how they just aren't thinking about our health. It is not a diet book, but it may lead to weight loss; it is not an environmental treatise, but it will help the planet. I came away feeling so much better informed about every aspect of ultra-processed food, from the way it affects the microbes in our gut to why it is so profitable to produce to why it's so hard to eat only a single bowl of Coco Pops to why any food that is marketed as 'better for you' is almost certainly not. For more details, please consult the latest information provided by Royal Mail's International Incident Bulletin.

He is co-founder of the personalised nutrition company ZOE and leads the world's biggest citizen science health project, the ZOE Health study. Van Tulleken is at his best when using his own scientific expertise to help readers through otherwise unnavigable science, data and history, explaining with precision what we are actually eating. Food is our greatest ally for good health, but the question of what to eat in the age of ultra-processed food has never seemed so complicated. Van Tulleken is at his best when using his own scientific expertise to help readers through otherwise unnavigable science, data and history, explaining with precision what we are actually eating Jacob E. Van Tulleken leaves no stone unturned, shining his spotlight into the dark corners of what masquerades as nutrition these days.

Ultra-Processed People: Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn’t

He said the cost of an egg yolk compared to the cost of the synthetic emulsifiers they use is massive. Tim Spector has pioneered a new approach to nutrition, encouraging us to forget misleading calorie counts and nutritional breakdowns.Chris van Tulleken lays out what ultra-processed food is and why it is the single greatest problem with modern diets. We honour Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' continuous connection to Country, waters, skies and communities. Chris van Tulleken bravely turns himself into a guinea pig to explore the ins and outs of ultra-processed food. 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. We at Penguin Random House Australia acknowledge that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are the Traditional Custodians and the first storytellers of the lands on which we live and work.

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At the same time, UPF represents the dominant, nigh-unavoidable food culture for millions upon millions of eaters. Ultra-Processed People] integrate[s] concepts of detailed food science and global market forces, showing how these affect individual humans. The book will use evidence to propose real solutions to the current obesity epidemic, both for policy makers and for readers. The right to know what we eat and what it does to our bodies and the right to good, affordable food. Van Tulleken delves into the science and economics of UPF, reframing obesity as a "commerciogenic disease" driven by an unregulated industry and caused by the consumption of knowingly harmful, addictive substances.And, if there is any justice, this gripping, well-evidenced exposé will shame policymakers and shake the food industry to its money-driven core.

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A wonderful and fascinating exposé of ultra-processed food, edible substances with strange sounding ingredients which are manufactured by some of the wealthiest companies on the planet and which, worryingly, form an increasing part of our diet. Books come along once in a while, once every couple of years, once in a generation that meet culture at the exact moment with the exact language, with the exact appreciation of the reader – the nuance, the inclusivity. The Omnivore’s Dilemma meets Fast Food Nation from a global perspective in this game-changing look at the science, economics, and history of ultra-processed food and the industry’s effect on our health and planet.More than the principal obstacle to “eating right,” UPF has been linked to metabolic disease, depression, inflammation, anxiety, and cancer, while the production, distribution, and disposal of UPF and related products globally is known to cause devastating environmental damage. van Tulleken’s investigation is an eye-opening one, as he digs deep into the processes that keep our foods from spoiling, make them not only delicious but addictive, and are suppressing and altering our bodies’ natural operations. As someone who grew up eating what I now understand to be ultra-processed foods and having carried that habit into adulthood, I'm pretty disgusted at how terrifyingly naughty the methods used to make them are, how cantankerous they cat within our bodies and entirely aghast at the overall impact on health. Medical doctor and broadcaster Chris van Tulleken has spent his career trying to reframe the conversation around eating right, balancing the hard (and sometimes shocking) facts about what we’re putting into our bodies with empathy for the natural desire to keep eating what we like, have time for, and can afford.