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Should We Eat More Processed Foods?
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Is There a Definitional Problem With Ultra Processed Foods?
The amount of evidence that links consumption of ultra processed foods to poor health outcomes is really pretty overwhelming by this time. It may be that these are correlational studies and they don't prove causation, which is why Kevin Hall's experiment is so important. But there's something about these foods that causes people to eat more gain weight, develop type 2 diabetes and all of these other conditions. We cannot ignore this literature. And when you have a large, consistent body of research like that, you have to pay attention to it.
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Speaker 2
So added nutrients, things that are shelf stable, you
Speaker 1
know, foods that can withstand supply chain interruptions, interruptions that food in the form of a cereal is a life line. Let me break in on you, Amy, to come back to Marion. I didn't hear Marion in response to my question about the negative impact of some of the stuff that's done during processing, but I'd like you to pick up to that. In other words, added sugar, added fat, et cetera. Again, I heard Amy making a case
Speaker 5
that I think that we're good. I think we have a definitional problem here. My understanding of my interpretation of ultra processed foods is that these are foods that are industrially produced. Well, the gel
Speaker 1
I'm thinking would be industrially. I'm sorry. The gel would be industrially produced, I think. And the bread that Amy's talking about is large scale production. So I don't think we're having too much of a definitional. I think we are, actually. But the point is that the amount of evidence that links
Speaker 5
consumption of ultra processed as opposed to other kinds of processed foods to poor health outcomes is really pretty overwhelming by this time. It may be that these are correlational studies and they don't prove causation, which is why Kevin Hall's experiment is so important. But there's something about these foods that causes people to eat more gain weight, develop type 2 diabetes and all of these other conditions. We cannot ignore this literature. It is extraordinarily large and consistent. And when you have a large, consistent body of research like that, you have to pay attention to it.
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