Cognitive decline linked to ultraprocessed food, study finds
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Re: Cognitive decline linked to ultraprocessed food, study finds
#2There are a wide variety of heavily promoted dietary identities - from vegan to carnivore - but I'm convinced that in terms of one's health, eliminating these processed food items from one's diet is the one that has the most long-term benefits. The only downside is that relying only on 'real food' ingredients requires a fair amount of cooking, but the effort is well worth the payback.
There's no snappy one-word term for this dietary choice, maybe someone could come up with one.
Re: Cognitive decline linked to ultraprocessed food, study finds
#3> “People need to know they should cook more and prepare their own food from scratch. I know. We say we don’t have time but it really doesn’t take that much time,” Suemoto said.
This is bullshit in a very important way: you have to know how to cook. Bring back home economics classes.
Re: Cognitive decline linked to ultraprocessed food, study finds
#4There are a wide variety of heavily promoted dietary identities - from vegan to carnivore - but I'm convinced that in terms of one's health, eliminating these processed food items from one's diet is the one that has the most long-term benefits. The only downside is that relying only on 'real food' ingredients requires a fair amount of cooking, but the effort is well worth the payback. There's no snappy one-word term…
I've heard "Eat food. Not too much." as a slogan for this.
Re: Cognitive decline linked to ultraprocessed food, study finds
#5There are a wide variety of heavily promoted dietary identities - from vegan to carnivore - but I'm convinced that in terms of one's health, eliminating these processed food items from one's diet is the one that has the most long-term benefits. The only downside is that relying only on 'real food' ingredients requires a fair amount of cooking, but the effort is well worth the payback. There's no snappy one-word term…
Incidentally, I think this is also why many extreme diets seem to have some evidence in favor of their health benefits. From where I'm standing, it seems like veganism/paleo/etc start being linked to various problems right around the time the agro industry starts cranking out specialized (read: highly-processed) products.
Relatedly: I'm taking bets regarding lab-grown meat.
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#7Is there an official scale of processednes? NVM found it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-processed_food
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#8I wish I knew what was ultraprocessed.
> "Ultraprocessed foods are defined as "industrial formulations of food substances (oils, fats, sugars, starch, and protein isolates) that contain little or no whole foods and typically include flavorings, colorings, emulsifiers, and other cosmetic additives," according to the study.
But if I have a package that says it is whole grain or whatever, how do I know if it is or isn't ultraprocessed or just, you know, regular processed?
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#9if you put the cut potatoes yourself in the deep fryer I guess that that wouldn't be that beneficial
Re: Cognitive decline linked to ultraprocessed food, study finds
#10There are a wide variety of heavily promoted dietary identities - from vegan to carnivore - but I'm convinced that in terms of one's health, eliminating these processed food items from one's diet is the one that has the most long-term benefits. The only downside is that relying only on 'real food' ingredients requires a fair amount of cooking, but the effort is well worth the payback. There's no snappy one-word term…
I've heard "Eat food. Not too much." as a slogan for this.
The full quote is:
“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”
― Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/18508-eat-food-not-too-much...