What is ultra-processed food and what does it mean for your health? | BBC News

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What is ultra-processed food and what does it mean for your health? | BBC News


There has been a lot of debate around the world about ultra-processed food and some studies have suggested it is linked to poor health.

But, what exactly is ultra-processed food and is it harmful for us?

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  1. I heard a similar report about E numbers in foods about 40 years ago, nothing seems to have changed.
    Even fresh meat has questions over it due to growth hormones and antibiotics fed to the animals and fresh vegetables / fruit have pesticides sprayed all over them. Unnatural chemicals all over the place, even in the air we breath… it’s actually quite sad to think how most people live day to day as a so called ‘rich nation’…

  2. In my opinion, ultra processed food should be regulated to be healthy and have a lowered amount of maximum content chemicals in them and should be written on the side of the packaging how harmful they are. The reason of obesity, cancer and other problems coming from the food and the lifestyle we are having. If we are in rush we just get something quick to eat 5 mins microwawe done. This is how a bad habit created, and a food contains toxins and too much sugar salt and fat plus chemicals that the body doesn't know what to do with.

    I cut ultra processed(industrially processed) food 4 months ago, well not all but 90-95% of the food i eat is fresh(salad rice chicken, fish etc) and basic ingredients prepared by me. No more fish fingers, burgers, sausages etc, no more oily fatty sugary meals.

    Apart from losing bit more then 2 stones, i feel less hungry, have more energy, no more nod off in the afternoons. Even started walking(cause of the more energy).

    Of course it is more expensive, but you will eat less and live longer better quality of life.

  3. He made several logical fallacies, doubled down on them and did the same that he accused others of. 🤦🏼‍♂️😂
    But, good luck with the promotion of your book. 😂

  4. Seems a bit more of a UK problem than elsewhere in Europe. if this is anything to go by _“About 50.7%: or over half of all the food bought by families in the UK is “ultra-processed" , more than any others in Europe. Ultra-processed food is made in a factory with industrial ingredients and additives invented by food technologists and bearing little resemblance to the fruit, vegetables, meat or fish used to cook a fresh meal at home… In Italy: only 13.4%, in France: 14.2%." (Guardian 2 Feb 2018)

  5. Problem is alot of people do not know how to cook so fast foods frozen crap they buy form super markets for I don't buy takeaway and processed rubbish I work as a chef so I'm lucky I can cook anything I want people should to cook and not get takeaway you would save a fortune and live better

  6. If we stopped eating unhealthy foods we would be unemploying a lot of upper middle class and upper class individuals and that won't be allowed.

  7. For years now, I've been talking about a Food Triangle – Healthy; Quick; Cheap – pick two. Eg, Healthy and Cheap is growing your own veg; Quick and Cheap is chips.

  8. The writer's name is: Chris van Tulleken.
    You should have written it on screen or in the video description. I had to google by ear to find him since you said his name fast and it sounded uncommon to my ear.
    I'll look up his book.