⚡️ Is it all or nothing when it comes to ultra-processed foods? Or can we have our cake and eat it too? There’s a lot of fear around UPFs, but is it doing any good?

⚡️ Dr Chris Van Tulleken is a BBC broadcaster and author of “Ultra Processed People: Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn’t Food … and Why Can’t We Stop?”

⚡️ In this episode Chris and I dig into the science of ultra processed food and its effects on human health while asking - are we overcomplicating the matter?

🎧 Stay tuned to find out:

➡︎ How worried you really need to be about additives, preservatives and artificial sweeteners in UPF

➡︎ How food companies make this stuff so addictive (and why it’s not your fault for eating too much)

➡ If adding vegetables to ultra processed meals can mitigate its damaging effects

➡︎ Whether UPF’s effects on the microbiome are overblown

➡︎ The good side of UPF and why it’s a valuable resource for many 

📕 Chapters

(2:26) UPF’s role in obesity

(8:50) The benefits of ultra processed food?

(14:20) Simplifying the problem of UPF

(23:08) The fibre problem: could veggies fix UPF?

(29:28) For those who rely on UPF

(33:17) How to regulate it?

(42:46) How UPF impacts the microbiome

(53:19) Are artificial sweeteners really dangerous?

(55:17) How to live with UPF

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