Overwhelming evidence links processed foods to poor health - Marion Nestle, Author, 'Food Politics'

Marion Nestle is an American academic, author, and professor emerita of nutrition and food studies. Her research and writing examine scientific and socioeconomic influences on food choice and its consequences, emphasizing the role of food industry marketing. Nestle served as a senior nutrition policy advisor to the Department of Health and Human Services, where she edited the 1988 Surgeon General’s Report on Nutrition and Health. She is the author of several books, most notably "Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health" and “Safe Food: The Politics of Food Safety."

DEBATE: SHOULD WE EAT MORE PROCESSED FOODS?

Processed food is bad for you, right? Well, there’s more to this story. As new technologies create foods that can’t be made in home kitchens, such as plant-based meats and dairy products made with plant proteins, the question of whether we should all be consuming more highly processed foods is up for debate. Advocates say a substantial increase in food processing is the best way to feed growing human populations while also reducing food waste. We should trust – and invest – in food technology that can make our global food supply healthier and more sustainable, including highly or ultra-processed foods. Opponents argue that these kinds of foods are often less nutritious, and are commonly linked to adverse health indices, particularly when it comes to ultra-processing. As this debate blooms, Intelligence Squared partners with the Institute of Food Technologists to debate this question: Should We Eat More Processed Foods?


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[scotty]

Your first reaction to this might be "Well duh, of course" but a lot of the population is still either clueless or just apathetic about the quality of food they put in their body. The saddest is the part of the population who are too poor to afford anything else or just literally dont have access to fresh food. America the beautiful.

[maenad]

Regular intake of ultraprocessed food changes the way our body functions. There’s >10 different industrialized nations throughout North America, Latin America, Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe with extensive studies on how ultraprocessed food effects the health of their nation’s residents.
ALL of them found that increased intake of ultraprocessed food dramatically increases risk of obesity _(in general)_ and a very large amount of them found a significantly increased risk of specially abdominal obesity in which your body starts gaining weight in a way that more fat is distributed to the mid-section. This is the worst place to have excess fat because it’s so close to major organs

[detectivewiggles]

It's the toxic levels of added calcium and vitD without any magnesium that makes them so destructive

[rogerweigel]

She still is touting calories in calories out.

[Rocchio]

We need to shut down the dangerous “healthy at all sizes” myth

[EthanE]

Beware the boxes and bags with barcodes.

[annasutton]

Processed foods are full of additives, preservativs, sugar, salt and low cost ingedients. Of course they are not good for you!

[growtocycle]

Processed food is not the issue... The issue is portion size and lack of regulations (eg. Marketing, nutrition labelling, awareness).