The role of ultra-processed foods in obesity

[Happy Cooker]

I'm reading this great article by Carlos Monteiro in a public health journal. http://www.wphna.org/2011_june_wn4_cam8.htm

Nontechnical, very readable. Here's a sample: "When traditional diets disappear, as they have in many high-income countries, in practice the choices – when people can afford them – are between one type of ultra-processed product and another. Hence the vast number of branded products making health claims. In principle anybody – or anybody with the money – can construct an extremely healthy diet from what is available in supermarkets. But, as the rates of obesity in countries like the US and UK show, in practice this is not what is happening."

[Too solid flesh]

That's really interesting. Thank you, Happy Cooker.

[wosnes]

I've read about that a while ago and thought I posted a link to this article about it.

It's very interesting.

[Blithe Morning]

What's that adage? Never buy a food that advertises it is good for you? Probably an overstatement but there's a kernel of truth there.