Coming up on CNN: ultraprocessed foods are estimated to make up 70% of the food supply. They’ve been linked to heart disease, diabetes, cancer - and two trials have shown they cause people to consume more calories. Now the NIH is running a unique trial to find out why. We went to visit to learn more - ThreadSky

megtirrell.bsky.social • 97 days ago

Coming up on CNN: ultraprocessed foods are estimated to make up 70% of the food supply. They’ve been linked to heart disease, diabetes, cancer - and two trials have shown they cause people to consume more calories. Now the NIH is running a unique trial to find out why. We went to visit to learn more

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bleedzblue.bsky.social•97 days ago

I lost 20 lbs in 3 months removing almost all processed foods, seed oils and pesticide laden food (eat organic)

paddyonpolitics.bsky.social•97 days ago

One of the best decisions I ever made was to never allow those kinds of foods to sit in my pantry. Only fresh food I plan on cooking

sealpupper.bsky.social•97 days ago

How many times do I gotta say this

doc369.bsky.social•97 days ago

It is true about the 70 percent if not more. The sad part is that they all "corporations and government " have known forever about the truth. Profits over our health

oldmanhippy.com•97 days ago

Goes a long way in explaining Trump's lack of brain power.

bitchn.bsky.social•97 days ago

Tackling the systems that make these types of foods the most convenient and available should have beneficial effects on people’s health. If people have access to whole food, the time to cook it, and a manageable amount of stress to have energy to do so, they’re more likely to make better choices.

muddobbers.bsky.social•97 days ago

As a sample size of n=1, I removed pretty much all ultraprocessed food, added sugar, and seed oils from my diet because my health turned for the worse. Six months after doing so, my health completely reverted back to beyond normal, but every bit of labwork came in almost perfect, and lost 100 lbs

derkinder.bsky.social•97 days ago

Watching the report right now. Nutrition labels are sooo confusing.

whisperingpines.bsky.social•97 days ago

I've never heard a compelling mechanism to explain this connection. I'm skeptical. Too many confounding variables

cynrosemw.bsky.social•97 days ago

Corn syrup will have a role

bsbeamer.bsky.social•97 days ago

Reports like this are great for logical people who can think independently, but they also tend to give a lot the anti-vax connected movement supporters something to hold onto.

discordantmuse.bsky.social•97 days ago

I think your second point is why CNN is saying this now. After they rolled over and showed their belly to Trump.

shebamom.bsky.social•97 days ago

I'm not in favor of everything that RFK Jr. wants to do (or undo). However, getting ultra processed foods out of our diet should have been aggressively dealt with by food manufacturers long before now. Some are proactive (ex. McCormick Spice). However, less/no processed food is more expensive.

giggle-angel.bsky.social•97 days ago

they were made to be super palative and are cheaper than healthy foods. causing people to eat more than they realized.

davidfackler.bsky.social•97 days ago

It’s crazy trying to shop and find much of anything that is natural clean well grown ingredients. I swear 90% of Costco is disguised sugar and seed oil

cowgirl52.bsky.social•97 days ago

🖕 cnn

happy1968.bsky.social•97 days ago

This isn’t something new happening for decades and centuries now food in the USA has filtered as processed there’s a reason why we lost millions of people during Covid but they’re were doing fine with drs help and medicine until they couldn’t live anymore but will this work out for everyone else

rvillasmil.bsky.social•97 days ago

One of the original studies: Ultra-Processed Diets Cause Excess Calorie Intake and Weight Gain: An Inpatient Randomized Controlled Trial of Ad Libitum Food Intake
https://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/pdf/S1550-4131(19)30248-7.pdf

kolinzkay.bsky.social•97 days ago

The UPF 'story' stills require the consumption of pinch of salt:
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/ultraprocessed-foods/

jpp5279.bsky.social•97 days ago

My knees hurt.

sobroquet.bsky.social•97 days ago

ya reckon:
The Adulteration and Degradation of the Food Supply and its Implications in Obesity, Cognitive Decline and other Ailments
https://tinyurl.com/msza244w

celebrityadvisor.bsky.social•97 days ago

We've been telling y'all about this for a while. We have a diet issue in the U.S. and it's beyond serious.

fatimcgee.bsky.social•97 days ago

All points back to the loss of local farms and affordable, easily accessible, fresh vegetables. These days most of the vegetables in Kroger are inedible. You should have seen what those green peppers looked like yesterday. Urbanization and Exurb expansion killed Bob the Farmer's roadside stand.

othervirginiaguy.bsky.social•97 days ago

Idk how someone is alive in 2024 and thinks it's "we don't have enough access to fresh vegetables" rather than the incredibly obvious reality that processed food is both more convenient and also tastier. We ship fruit across the globe. People have access to carrots.

fatimcgee.bsky.social•97 days ago

See: Urban Food Deserts

othervirginiaguy.bsky.social•97 days ago

See: people like microwaving something in 10 minutes rather than cooking root vegetables for an hour.

fatimcgee.bsky.social•97 days ago

I don't think that's true at all, though I will concede that modern lifestyles lend themselves to a Fast Food mindset. But, when the only food options you have within miles is a McDonalds and a Gas Station, and you have no transportation (personal or public), you eat what's in arms reach.

celebrityadvisor.bsky.social•97 days ago

It's easier and cheaper to buy the can of carrots that has a ton of additives vs. buying the carrots at the produce stand. Yes, the can of carrots is healthy-ish. And easier. But, the carrots at the produce taste better and are better for you.

othervirginiaguy.bsky.social•97 days ago

People are gonna do the thing that's both easier and cheaper 99 times out of 100. Canned carrots may be less tasty than fresh carrots (depends entirely on what you're doing with carrots) but obviously processed food is on average tastier as well.

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