Is There Anything to the Panic Over Ultraprocessed Foods?
What we know about them, what we don’t—and how to think about breakfast in the meantime.
Is There Anything to the Panic Over Ultraprocessed Foods?
What we know about them, what we don’t—and how to think about breakfast in the meantime.
UPFs also mess with our gut bacteria and can cause bowel inflammation. Long term effects can include hypertension and Crohn’s disease. Changes to gut bacteria also affect the bioavailability of calories in food which means calories from UPFs are absorbed faster than calories from other foods.
Add to that the newly found evidence that many mental illnesses are related to the gut.