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Recap: The truth about ultra processed food | Dr. Chris van Tulleken and Tim Spector

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Ultra-Processing: Profit Over Nourishment

The distinction between traditional food processing and ultra-processing is crucial to understand. While humans have processed food for millennia, ultra-processing diverges by focusing on profit rather than nutrition. It involves taking traditional foods, manipulating them with cheap ingredients, and designing them to be addictive, which contributes to health issues. Traditional food processing is natural and aimed at nourishment, unlike ultra-processed foods, which are primarily profit-driven. Recognizing this difference is vital for informed dietary choices.

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