Nutrition
Is the ultra-processed food panic withering away?
Even some of the supporters of the anti-UPF fad have backed away from its most dramatic claims
Ultra-processed? No problem!
Yes, people can lose weight and stay healthy while eating “ultra-processed food”
Turning virtue into vice
Be wary of excitable claims about the cost of eating healthily
Ultra processed arguments
Public health commentators cannot seem to decide what is safe to eat
Playing God with our grub
Hey, Public Health England, leave our food alone
The UPF panic is a fad
Chris van Tulleken cannot seem to decide what an ultra-processed food even is
Good news is bad news for public health experts
It implies that there is no particular need to panic
Who’s afraid of UPF? (Part 2)
Bad science is hard to swallow
Who’s afraid of UPF? (Part 1)
The ultra-processed food scare is a backwards step for science
Mugged by a mud-caked spud
Farmers’ markets are a rip-off aimed at food snobs and posturing fools with more money than sense
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