If we shouldn’t eat ultraprocessed foods, what should we eat instead?

[RDB]

Here’s an excellent article on this subject:

https://www.bmj.com/content/383/bmj-2023-075294

Covers definitions, prevalence, impact and policy options. Includes this nice meta-analysis of the share of dietary energy accounted for by ultra-processed foods in different countries:

As a Brit I was sad to see the UK alongside the US as the outliers. Interesting to see Australia then Germany in the next highest group, then France some way behind… and Italy (that food paradise) right down the bottom. This stuff is literally killing and disabling millions of people globally. It’s an absolute curse.

[BrightonCorgi]

On 5/26/2024 at 5:59 AM, Lunettesman said:

You mean cigars I guess😅

I've seen Habanos there in a little cabinet near the registers.

[ha_banos]

Life used to be about getting calories in. Fire made it easier to get nutrition but we lost some fat so lost calories. And it's now it's turned into avoid calories and fats.

We lost our way.