Unregulated capitalism is bad for your health. And my health. And your family's health.

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Produced by a handful of multinational companies, UPF is created to be cheap to produce and transport, with industrially derived substances replacing costlier ingredients and ensuring long shelf lives. It is also designed to make us buy more – essential in a system where businesses must keep growing to satisfy their shareholders each quarter. Global consumption is rising fast, especially in middle-income countries.
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The Guardian: The Guardian view on ultra-processed food: blame business, not consumers
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/13/the-guardian-view-on-ultra-processed-food-blame-business-not-consumers

#unregulatedcapitalism
#ultraprocessedfoods
#theguardian

How #food companies ‘sweetened the world’ – and increased the risk of #disease

The hard sell of #UltraProcessedFoods in developing countries as being ‘good for you’ gives children a taste for #sugar and #salt that could have lasting effects on their health
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/jul/14/how-food-companies-sweetened-the-world-and-increased-the-risk-of-disease-acc

Getting an interesting vibe about #ultraprocessedfoods. The pushback is increasing rapidly.

Does seem as if the USA, to a lesser extent the UK, and to a lesser extent again the rest of the wealthy, white world may have been poisoning itself for decades based on simple, easy to understand, wrong, but profitable, answers about food. UPFs might be the next tobacco. Maybe.

But it’s a complex and subtle argument from rich data.

Interesting to see who’s getting angry about the very idea.

From an early age I loathed processed foods. This acknowledges that it was good to do so and will motivate me to even more use mostly fresh and unprocessed food.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvp8QgHbmAg

I also try to curb my salt and sugar intake and use whole grains and brown rice, or things made of that.

#Health
#Food
#Diet
#Cancer
#UPF
#UltraProcessedFoods
#ProcessedFoods
#Anxiety
#Depression
#CognitiveDecline

How did #UltraProcessedFoods take over, and what are they doing to us? - https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2023/apr/20/how-did-ultra-processed-foods-take-over-and-what-are-they-doing-to-us

https://navdanyainternational.org/the-corporate-push-for-synthetic-foods-false-solutions-that-endanger-our-health-and-damage-the-planet/
#food #vegan #tech #plantbased #chemical #additives #ultraprocessedfoods

Biotech companies & agribusiness giants are pushing #ultraprocessedfoods to #monopolize the market of “green” consumption - as #ecofriendly to a new generation of environmentally conscious consumers #food #vegan #tech

Consumption of fast food linked to liver disease https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/01/230110103508.htm

#diet

I would like to see this study in context of not just #fastfood but #UltraprocessedFoods in general.
Was there not a question anyway why non fatty liver disease is on the rise?

"Don't Want to Gain Weight? Here's the Top Food to Avoid, According to Nutritionists"
#WeightGain #FoodstoAvoid #UltraprocessedFoods
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/dont-want-gain-weight-heres-230000485.html

Ultraprocessed food may contribute to dementia, but you can stop the decline, study says

#ultraprocessedfoods #dementia #study
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/05/health/dementia-ultraprocessed-food-wellness/index.html