Everyone agrees that processed foods are bad for you. When it comes to defining what they actually are, however, there is considerably less agreement.  Support us:<ul><li><a href='https://www.patreon.com/maintenancephase'>Hear bonus episodes on Patreon</a></li><li><a href='https://www.yrfatfriendfilm.com/'>Watch Aubrey's documentary</a></li><li><a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/you-just-need-to-lose-weight-and-19-other-myths-about-fat-people-aubrey-gordon/18405362?ean=9780807006474'>Buy Aubrey's book</a></li><li><a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/if-books-could-kill/id1651876897'>Listen to Mike's other podcast</a></li><li><a href='http://tee.pub/lic/maintenancephase'>Get Maintenance Phase T-shirts, stickers and more</a></li></ul> Links!<ul><li><a href='https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19366466/'>Nutrition and health. The issue is not food, nor nutrients, so much as processing</a></li><li><a href='https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6389637/'>Ultra-Processed Foods: Definitions and Policy Issues</a></li><li><a href='https://www.eatrightpro.org/news-center/practice-trends/examining-the-nova-food-classification-system-and-healthfulness-of-ultra-processed-foods'>Examining the Nova Food Classification System and the Healthfulness of Ultra-Processed Foods</a></li><li><a href='https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21180977/'>A new classification of foods based on the extent and purpose of their processing</a></li><li><a href='https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31105044/'>Ultra-processed diets cause excess calorie intake and weight gain</a></li><li><a href='https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/01/13/why-is-the-american-diet-so-deadly'>Why Is the American Diet So Deadly?</a></li><li><a href='https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002916522105241?via%3Dihub#appsec1'>Ultra-processed foods and mortality</a></li><li><a href='https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8279036/'>Association of ultra-processed food intake with risk of inflammatory bowel disease: prospective cohort study</a></li><li><a href='https://www.theguardian.com/food/article/2024/may/19/academic-and-doctor-chris-van-tulleken-ultra-processed-products-are-food-that-lies-to-us'>Academic and doctor Chris van Tulleken: ‘Ultra-processed products are food that lies to us’</a></li><li><a href='https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6224546/'>Food addiction: a valid concept?</a></li><li><a href='https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0195666310005088?via%3Dihub'>The study of food addiction using animal models of binge eating</a></li><li><a href='https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22414944/'>Obesity and the brain: how convincing is the addiction model?</a></li><li><a href='https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11403639/'>Ultra-processed foods and cardiovascular disease: analysis of three large US prospective cohorts</a></li><li><a href='https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27372453/'>Sugar addiction: the state of the science</a></li><li><a href='https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-contaminants/the-plastic-chemicals-hiding-in-your-food-a7358224781/'>The Plastic Chemicals Hiding in Your Food</a></li><li><a href='https://www.ajpmonline.org/action/showPdf?pii=S0749-3797%2825%2900072-8'>Premature Mortality Attributable to Ultraprocessed Food Consumption in 8 Countries</a></li><li><a href='https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002916522002842?via%3Dihub'>Ultra-processed food intake and animal-based food intake</a> </li></ul>Thanks to <a href='https://freesound.org/people/Doctor_Dreamchip/'>Doctor Dreamchip</a> for our lovely theme song!<a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/maintenancephase">Support the show</a>

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