Nobody knows why ultra-processed foods are bad for you

Re:Nobody knows why ultra-processed foods are bad for you by Kirby64 on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @11:54AM (#42247347)

Adherence to avoiding UPFs, by the current Nova classification, would lead to most people having to radically change their diets, assuming you actually follow the Nova classification of UPFs to a tee. And assuming they're already reasonably healthy, there would be no meaningful health benefits I suspect.

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Re:Nobody knows why ultra-processed foods are bad for you by OutOfHere on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @02:31PM (#42249083)

That's precisely what the food product industry wants you to believe.

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Re:Nobody knows why ultra-processed foods are bad for you by stephen_g on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @07:43PM (#42251743)

Potentially there could no noticable health improvements but potentially far less health degradation over time when you think about things like risk of type-2 diabetes with high sugar and high-UPF diets.

But it's true that we mustn't focus only on UPFs but it is looking more and more like a significant factor (even if the definitions could be improved).

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Re:Nobody knows why ultra-processed foods are bad for you by Kirby64 on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @07:55PM (#42251819)

Again, I’m not saying “all UPFs are safe/healthy”. I’m saying the definition is worthless when you include potato chips and protein bars in the same category.

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