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Ultra-Processed Foods

June 3, 20251h 11m · 13,281 words

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Everyone agrees that processed foods are bad for you. When it comes to defining what they actually are, however, there is considerably less agreement. Support us: Hear bonus episodes on Patreon Watch Aubrey's documentary Buy Aubrey's book Listen to Mike's other podcast Get Maintenance Phase T-shirts, stickers and more Links! Nutrition and health.

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between 2009 and 2017 they changed the definition of ultra processed foods seven times
the ultra processed diet what had twice the energy density of the unprocessed diet it had twice the saturated fat and it had 1.5 times more sugar
at one point in the book he actually says like well if something is like made with love then it doesn't count as an older processed food
the stuff that takes off is the stuff that comports with our cultural ideas of what is and isn't healthy which are not the result of science

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