Study to prove that ultra processed food is NOT dangerous

[SwampNut]

A scientist tried to discredit the theory that ultra-processed foods are killing us. Instead, he overturned his own understanding of obesity

 

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/01/13/why-is-the-american-diet-so-deadly

 

Hall and his colleagues had developed exacting protocols so that less-processed meals would closely match ultra-processed meals in terms of nutrients like salt, sugar, protein, and fat. This was meant to isolate the effect of processing. Tomato slices and lettuce leaves sat on a scale, which weighed food to the nearest tenth of a gram; a large stopwatch, for keeping track of cooking times, ticked nearby. Instructions on a clipboard explained how much Pacific Foods vegetable broth to add to soups A1 through E1, whose salt contents ranged from 0.39 grams to 5.61 grams.

 

I asked a tall, brown-haired cook which diet he most likes to prepare. “Preparing a day’s worth of ultra-processed meals might take an hour,” he said. “Unprocessed meals could take three or four times as long.” He brought his knife down forcefully, cleaving a carrot in two, and continued: “If I’m swamped, I’d rather make the ultra-processed menu. But if I had to pick one to eat for the rest of my life? Unprocessed, no question.”

[tomek]

1 hour ago, SwampNut said:

Unpocessed meals could take three or four times as long.” He brought his knife down forcefully, cleaving a carrot in two, and continued: “If I’m swamped, I’d rather make the ultra-processed menu. But if I had to pick one to eat for the rest of my life? Unprocessed, no question.”

 I'd like to expend on this. Ultra processed food once cooked tastes like shit next day, it is meant to be consumed right away. So, gotta cook it everyday.

 Surly cooking meals starting from fresh meat, poultry, fish, veggies, beans, etc. takes longer but even couple days later is still very tasty.  So, you can cook every couple of days. 

 When I do my time consuming burgers I cook greater quantities, I just freeze part of the batch. Still tastes excellent once defrosted. But I start with basics, fresh organic beef, etc. Try that with precooked burgers from supermarket. Defrosted once will taste like shit.