Ultra-processed foods are broken inside

Would you eat food that’s been predigested?

Experts say that’s what we’re doing when we consume many popular packaged foods — those breads, cereals, snack chips and frozen meals that have been refined, pounded, heated, melted, shaped, extruded and packed with additives.

A growing body of research suggests that the extent of industrial processing that your food undergoes can alter its effects on your body, determining its impact on your appetite, hormones, weight gain, and likelihood of developing obesity and chronic diseases.

This extreme processing creates foods that are so easily absorbed by the body that they’re essentially predigested. Many foods also are engineered to overcome our satiety mechanisms, which drives us to overeat and gain weight, experts say.

In recent years, scientists have adopted a new name for foods that are intensely manipulated by food manufacturers: ultra-processed.

[Nipings]

It's really confusing why something that had work put into it is cheaper than something that is just itself.

[DieKatzchen]

It's not an accident. They also tweak the flavors to make them tasty but not satisfying, so that you never feel done. Millions of dollars of research done in the 70s.

[pyritefoolsgold]

Its not just affordability, its convenience. Healthy food can be super cheap, but youve got to prepare it yourself.

[segator]

It is interesting how food that needs to go through 50 different machines before being shipped ends up being cheaper than the food that is just packaged and shipped

[rosendoduron]

Can of corn: ~$0.65
Bag of chips: ~$3.00

[IDGAF_AboutYourLuckyCharms_]

Its also more readily available. When you go into a gas station in America usually the fresher food costs way more than the single sad salad they have or the fried food kiosk but they have rows of chips and other ultra processed snacks. Or McDonalds charging $9 for a sad salad. We need to make less of them so people arent suffering from lack of accessible wholesome food on the go.

[The_fusion_physics_guy]

It’s important to note that this process does not really change the macronutrients that much, it’s more about how quickly your body absorbs it. “Healthy” is an incredibly undefined term in casual use. Eating these foods may make it more likely that you will over eat, and often do not have a good macro-nutrient balance. But technically if you ate only chips and some source of (complete) protein, took a multivitamin, you would have a balanced diet, you just might not feel as good because of the glucose spikes.

[bensteinhauser]

It doesn't help that the American school system doesn't really teach about nutritional health, the extent of people's knowledge about what to eat versus what not to eat is "calories bad."

[davidperry]

Making homemade corn tortillas, cutting them up, air frying them, and season them for a tasty minimally processed snack. More filling too.

[nitashajohnson]

Chips are not more affordable than corn at this point

[telebijeon]

Pov: Crunchy friend linked this in chat faster than the speed of light.

[IamMeHereSee]

It's because a lot of these fresher foods have a much shorter shelf life. Meanwhile, those chips will last months. You can afford to lower the price because they will sell.

The apples? You'll be lucky if they last a week before people decide they're not worth buying. High turnover means costs go up to make up for the difference.

I do wish the healthier stuff was better affordable, but I will at least marvel over the steides we've made against hunger. It's not gone, but it is still lower than at any point in history.

[-astrangerontheinternet]

Ultra processed foods aren’t cheap.

Sugary cereal in 12 oz boxes is on sale at my grocery 2 for $5.
That’s almost 13 grams of (low quality, unbalanced in amino acids) protein and almost 300 grams of sugar for $2.50.

I could get a dozen eggs with almost 80 grams of (high quality, full amino acid profile) protein for $2.50 (or less. Prices fluctuate in my area) and avoid all that sugar. The egg also has other easily absorbed essential nutrients and fats. The cereal is doused in synthetic vitamins that are excreted.

It’s far more affordable to eat healthfully than to support a processed food habit. Feels better too.

[RandomOcraft]

"Uh oh..."... "Who am I?"..."What is life?" 💀💀💀

[tclm]

I shared this video with everyone. There is no way obesity could not include a large variety of factors. Access to real, non-processed food follows so many of the demographically health trends public health professionals see in communities.

What people need is more leisure time to be able to plan meals, go to the market, prepare foods, cook food, serve food, clean up after eating. Along with time to move their bodies. We should be able to earn a living wage in 32 hour work weeks.

[bigbasher]

Waiter, waiter! More corn syrup and seed oils please!

[JulEnglefaris]

Idk if corn was the best analogy here.
Humans have a hard time digesting corn in its normal form. At least we can digest cornchips 😂

[Nash_son_of_Zeus]

The most prominent thing that stood out to me as a child was when I learned that one of the reasons that people get overweight is because the hunger and thirst mechanisms in our bodies get interpreted incorrectly. In most people, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is misinterpreted as hunger mechanism. Instead of eating something when you feel a slight tinge, while your pee is dark yellow, drink water or tea. You might be surprised to find out that you're actually thirsty.

[Dracoboss]

People ate chips and burgers back in the 50’s and 60’s, and very few people were fat. It’s important to remember that chips are perfectly okay if you’re eating them with a balanced meal, and not just having a snack consisting *only* of chips.

[theeskrungly]

Recently, I've been eating unhealthy foods like this after going through a hard time. Felt like crap. Just bought fruit and yoghurt and may try rice sometime in the future. Also got some seeds and gardening tools to try growing my own produce.

Wish me luck ❤