Tag: processed

Award-winning nutritionist ROB HOBSON shares how to make your own fast food with nothing ultra processed (… even pot noodles and energy bars!)

admin

It’s the essential new series everyone’s talking about. In yesterday’s Daily Mail, award-winning nutritionist Rob Hobson lifted the lid on how we’re being exposed to dangerous ultra-processed foods without even knowing it. 

Today, in the second helping of our must-read five-part series, he shares his tips and tricks for whipping up tasty, nutritious convenience food in minutes – without any of the chemical nasties. 

One of the main reasons we succumb to ultra-processed food is convenience.

It’s all too easy

… Read more

Checking in! Huge group of well-dressed CHINESE migrants with smart luggage wait to be processed after illegally crossing border from Mexico into California

admin

A group of smartly-dressed Chinese migrants with pristine luggage were photographed being apprehended in California after illegally crossing the southern border.

The migrants, reported to be mostly Chinese nationals fleeing authoritarian leader Xi Jinping, were lined up neatly dressed and with proper luggage as they were processed following their illegal crossing, NewsNation reported. 

They were lined up near the San Diego County town of Jacumba Hot Springs as the county debates approving millions more in emergency funding to help

… Read more

Delving inside the mind: Incredible graphics reveal what each section of your BRAIN does – with more than 70,000 thoughts processed every single day

admin

With an estimated 86 billion neurons, the 3lb organ between your ears may be one of the most complex objects in the universe.

All that complexity allows the brain to process more than 70,000 thoughts every day – but creates quite a headache for neuroscientists.

Research has identified hundreds of different brain areas and, the closer scientists look, the more structures seem to appear. 

Incredible graphics now reveal the weird and wonderful functions of these different areas – from the

… Read more

How easy is it to avoid ultra processed foods? FEMAIL writer attempts to go a whole day without the unhealthy dishes – with very surprising results…

admin

The spotlight is back on ultra-processed food after more studies this week suggested that too much of it increases your risk of a potentially deadly heart attack or stroke by nearly a quarter.

They’re the latest reminder that foods like biscuits, cakes, crisps and all sorts of other things most of us reach for on a regular basis can have serious negative effects on our health. 

We’ve long known they’re not great for us, but with each new revelation about

… Read more

DR CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN: My identical twin is 3 stone heavier because of ultra processed food

admin

My twin brother Xand is a perfect genetic copy of me. So I know, because I’ve been tested, that he and I share a gene that predisposes us to putting on weight.

This came as no surprise to me. I love food, and I’m constantly thinking about my next meal.

If you’re as obsessed with food as I am, then — regardless of what you weigh — you probably have these genes, too.

In my own case, I’m just a

… Read more

DR CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN: What happened when I ate ultra processed food? Rapid weight gain…

admin

Normally, I wouldn’t have Coco Pops for breakfast. But they seemed a good choice when I embarked on a month-long scientific experiment.

The idea was to make ultra-processed food (UPF) 80 per cent of my daily diet, and then see whether it caused any changes in my body — such as increased inflammation or weight gain.

As I opened the cereal packet, my three-year-old daughter Lyra said: ‘Is it for me?’ No, I told her — she was having porridge.

… Read more

Professor Tim Spector explains the dangers of processed foods as part of his eye-opening series

admin

The global weight-loss market is worth about £250billion, with much of its profitability hinging on calorie counts and booming sales of diet food and drinks. But when you set the runaway success of this sector against the world’s ever-rising obesity levels, it’s obvious something isn’t working.

I have been an epidemiologist for 30 years, studying how and why diseases occur in different groups of people, and for the past decade I have been leading teams at the cutting edge of

… Read more