The Disturbing Reality Of Ultra-Processed Food

Ultra-processed food is taking over the grocery store, and it’s not just junk food either. A new article suggests some of the issues with these foods come from the fact that they’re ‘predigested’ - and we’re all eating a lot more of it than we think.

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We all already know that junk food and fast food is addictive and unhealthy for us, but ultra-processed food is causing a lot of problems with our health, our weight and more. This might be the reason why.

In this video we're going to cover the Levels of Processing as seen in the NOVA Classification, we'll illustrate the difference between food and ultra-processed food using an apple and an apple pie from Mcdonalds, we'll learn about starch slurries and how food manufacturers are breaking foods down to their molecular parts before reassembling them into whatever 'food' they can think of. We'll also take a look at one of the worst offenders, Pringles, and discuss the difference between potato chips and whatever this is.

0:00 - Junk Food is worse than you thought
1:56 - What is Ultra-Processed Food?
2:44 - Levels of Processing (Apple vs. McDonald's Apple Pie)
5:08 - Slurries
6:08 - "Food" vs. Food
8:45 - Bypassing the Digestive System
10:00 - Edible Food-Like Products
11:00 - Ultra-Processed Food is Taking Over
12:39 - Ultra-Processed Diet Study
14:08 - More Than Obesity
15:30 - Quality vs. Profit

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[petervansan]

I mostly cook for myself and lost 149 lb so far. Still way too obese at 360 but it's not 509...

[hope-cat]

Changing the label of "ultra-processed" foods to "pre-digested" might be what will get people to stop eating it. Putting it on the front label of packages in big bold letters and the gross image you think of when you hear the words "pre-digested" could deter people.

[kuma-khameleon]

I am begging, we need to bring back How Its Made as a society

[bethhuffman]

If you want to be really blown away, look at how us farmers and ranchers are being overwhelmed, over regulated and pushed out of our land. Just last year, another 65-70% of farm/ranch land was sold to big corporations and developers.

[muffinman]

It’s wild that eating a diet of majority whole foods, you know, food, seems unreasonable or impossible in our culture

[rossmurray]

Pringles "potato chips" are a good example of just how cynical, and downright evil, the large food conglomerates are about the actual nutritional value of their products. In the UK the makers of Pringles took the agency which collects taxes to the highest court in the country arguing that Pringles should not have the rate of VAT applicable to potato chips imposed on them, but at a lower rate. Their argument was that Pringles did not contain enough potato to satisfy the legal definition of a potato chip!

[LightBringer_dragonart]

It’s so messed up that people struggling with obesity are shamed and blamed, when we live in a world where most of our food is designed to be addictive and unhealthy. It’s time for food companies to take some accountability.

[victorrios]

I quit fast food and proceeded foods a year ago and my life has radically changed! Loss 40lbs, feel healthier, depression cured! Whole Foods are the way my friends cheers

[Mckaykay]

The phrase “pre-digested food” alone, just gives me the chills.

[roxannablack]

So basically Ultra-Processed food is basically one big science project…

[Bebo]

There’s a crazy hike in youth cancer, wouldn’t surprise me if it’s the food.

[Sheila-rjpm]

They make these foods ultra addictive. Sugar and fat and the government subsidizes the ingredients. We shouldn't have to pay three times more for organic food. This does need to change now. Totally agree with you!

[lc_]

I don't agree with people saying that ultra processed food is cheaper... you can buy canned beans for nothing, frozen green veg are also really cheap... there are a lot of seasonal fruit and veg that are usually cheaper also. Supermarket brands of like rice, oats, and that are cheap. You can also get cheaper meats depending on the cuts you choose. People should be taught this in school, maybe... and specially how to cook 🤷‍♀️

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[MTASAHM]

Was feeling very good that I was making my family homemade peanut butter protein balls as I watched this. I make a lot from scratch but I’ve really upped my game as I continue to learn about ultra processed foods.

[nukemdukem]

I fell off my diet and saw this video and within a week I was back on it. Thank you!

[meghanm]

I read "In Defense of Food" when I was 18, which sent me down a path of unlearning the bad eating habits my parents had passed down. I learned how to cook and actually followed the oft-repeated advice of shopping around the perimeter of the grocery store. I am now in my 30s, and I am the only one in my entire family who is not overweight, even though I still eat things like pizza and dessert almost every day... they're just homemade!

Thanks for another great video Kiana! You are killing it 👏

[vulpesinculta]

This is insane. In Poland at 90`s obesity was a small percent of society. We don`t had good diet - white bread, pork, milk and dairy and vegetables and potatoes. We also lived without calories calculators, box diets, fitness club etc. but now after 30 years of expasions corportions like a Mars, Unilever, Nestle and fast foods we have 20-25% obesity rate include many childrens.
Food industry is like a liquor industry... they earn bilions of us/zloty/euro but society and goverment spending bilions too, to fight against impact of liquor and bad food side effects.

[shadowomegax]

As a food engineer myself (didn't do my thesis so never got the diploma), I already knew all of this stuff. However, the way you put this information in the video showed me a new perspective of it, which actually made a lot of sense. I usually check into the nutritional facts label to see how nutritious something is, and then focus in the ingredients. I don't tend to consume when I see tons of ingredients, but I know the use of some of them and don't mind them much at the moment of eating.
Honestly, never thought of hydrolysis as pre-digestion, but it makes so much sense.
Excellent video.