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Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind the Food That Isn't Food by Chris van Tulleken

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sandysmith's review against another edition

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challenging informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

Crikey, what a book. Scary and informative, about ultra processed foods (UPF), more chemical creations rather than real food. If it's soft and comes in plastic, it's probably UPF. It is very scientific and at times difficult to read, but at the same time drives its message home hard. Sometimes, the asterisk sections were difficult to follow in that you get to the end of the page, and you need to scan the text to contextualise the comment. That said, it's well worth perservering. It has made me consider the foods we eat as a family, and I'm amazed that we are only in the 10% of the country (the uk) who don't regularly consume ready meals, although we are very partial to a variety of potato based snacks. Food for thought and deliberation. Well worth a read. Scarily a real-life horror story with the impact of the food industry and its dodgy practices, so I'll leave this quote here.... "Most UPF is not food...it's an industrially produced edible substance"
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norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

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challenging informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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laurareads_bcn's review

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informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

A must read by everyone. We all should be informed of the risks and consequences of ultra-processed food.

So interesting and terrifying to learn how everything is controlled by the food industry. 

I also learned about myself, why sometimes I can't stop eating and it made me realize it's not (only) my fault.
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