Ultra-processed foods, or UPFs, have been linked to everything from gut disruption to “hedonistic hunger”. The Royal College of Physicians has even expressed concern about some UPF ingredients’ possible links to cancer.
But not all experts agree on why they might be detrimental to our health.
Some, like Chris Van Tulleken, author of Ultra-Processed People, seem to argue that the ultra-processing itself causes harm. Others, like psychologist Professor Eric Robinson, said this hasn’t been prov...
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