<p>Everyone agrees that processed foods are bad for you. When it comes to defining what they actually are, however, there is considerably less agreement. <br><br></p><p><b>Support us:</b></p><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><p><br></p><p><b>Links!</b></p><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=ihub#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=ihub">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(25)00072-8">Premature Mortality Attributable to Ultraprocessed Food Consumption in 8 Countries</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002916522002842?via=ihub">Ultra-processed food intake and animal-based food intake</a> </li></ul><p>Thanks to <a href="https://freesound.org/people/Doctor_Dreamchip/">Doctor Dreamchip</a> for our lovely theme song!</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/maintenancephase">Support the show</a></p>