new research debunks trad views on nutrition

[Perris]

and another piece on UPFs. One paragraph is particularly striking: "the other issue that’s been nagging at me: corporations engineer ultra-processed foods to be hyper-palatable (companies overseen by former tobacco company executives produce the most hyper-palatable foods). I’m frustrated by the health impacts of ultra-processed foods not because I think people are making bad decisions by choosing to eat them, but because I suspect corporations don’t care how their products affect consumers."
https://www.theguardian.com/environ...2/eliminating-ultra-processed-foods-pros-cons

It also has a (broken) link to this very useful website from Northeastern University in Boston USA
https://www.truefood.tech/intro?store=all

 

[Molpet]

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/scienc...cate-with-certain-plants-by-observing-animals

 

[Perris]

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/scienc...cate-with-certain-plants-by-observing-animals

thanks for linking to that very interesting piece; sorry I didn't see it till now. I have read some of that author's work before; it is well researched.

 

[Perris]

Another piece this morning from van Tulleken, likening the tactics of ultra processed food companies to that of tobacco companies. Apparently some of the execs from the latter have moved to the former.
https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/upf-ultra-processed-food-chris-van-tulleken-b1161074.html

 

[Sally PB]

I’m frustrated by the health impacts of ultra-processed foods not because I think people are making bad decisions by choosing to eat them, but because I suspect corporations don’t care how their products affect consumers."

Of course they don't! It's all about the money.

 

[Perris]

Today a report on a call to put tobacco-style warnings on ultra-processed foods, to reflect how they damage the health of their consumers - they are now linked with 32 different health hazards
https://www.theguardian.com/global/...ds-need-tobacco-style-warnings-says-scientist
and there is a link there to another piece on the world's largest review on the topic, involving almost 10 million people.

 

[Sally PB]

As long as someone is making money, UPFs will be around. Someone(s) are making a crapton of money.

How did our food get turned into such garbage? Bit by bit, dollar by dollar. As long as there is money involved, people will fight like hell to keep the status quo.

If you could go back 70-100 years and tell people what we're calling food now, would they believe you? Would they do anything to prevent it?

If a creature from another world came along and said he'd teach mankind something that would make our lives much easier, but in return demand the sacrifice of over a million people every year, would we go for it?

Yeah, I'm talking about the automobile.

Sadly, I don't see the human race "waking up" to what's going on with our food soon enough to make much of a difference in my lifetime. We are reaping what we've sown.

Thanks for the link, @Perris. Maybe there is a glimmer of hope out there.

 

[Molpet]

As long as someone is making money, UPFs will be around. Someone(s) are making a crapton of money.

How did our food get turned into such garbage? Bit by bit, dollar by dollar. As long as there is money involved, people will fight like hell to keep the status quo.

If you could go back 70-100 years and tell people what we're calling food now, would they believe you? Would they do anything to prevent it?

If a creature from another world came along and said he'd teach mankind something that would make our lives much easier, but in return demand the sacrifice of over a million people every year, would we go for it?

Yeah, I'm talking about the automobile.

Sadly, I don't see the human race "waking up" to what's going on with our food soon enough to make much of a difference in my lifetime. We are reaping what we've sown.

Thanks for the link, @Perris. Maybe there is a glimmer of hope out there.

People want quick, convenient , cheap food that tastes great. Too much trouble to cook from scratch. Cooking nowadays is opening a bunch of cans and boxes.

 

[NanaK]

People want quick, convenient , cheap food that tastes great. Too much trouble to cook from scratch. Cooking nowadays is opening a bunch of cans and boxes.

Exactly!
Think about all those cans and boxes that end up in the landfill. If you cook real food there is not so much of that. Instead the most of the waste can be composted for your garden. Healthier food and less waste.

 

[Perris]

Some great news on wheat today: in particular, the DNA sequencing of a seed archive of pre-20th-century-industrial-agricultural wheats from all over the globe. Turns out that wheat DNA is more than 5 times bigger than human DNA, so there is an enormous amount of variety there, and modern wheats only use about 40% of that genetic diversity.
https://www.theguardian.com/science...rs-ago-may-help-feed-the-world-scientists-say