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No one show Ryan Gary this, he already gave up the coke zero we can't let these science nerds steal all the little joys from life.

Ok I give up. What here is ultra processed? Are there invisible Doritos?

'Such “predigested” foods, which are often full of sugar, salt and fat, may lack critical nutrients needed for a healthy body and brain, experts say.' Which nutrients? Which experts?

How about you increase your daily consumption of my nuts by 10%?

Don't you ever get tired of hemorrhaging viewers?

What a crock.

You really couldn't find a photo of actual chips?

LOL.

A Trump Diet

"a correlation with a correlation based on self reported data" jesus christ and they wonder why there's a replication crisis going on.

I just don’t think the concept that it’s healthy to eat fresh food would be coming as some kind of startling revelation in 2026

Subsidising fresh produce? Legislating the length of the working week so people actually have time to cook? Cheap, nutritious, city-run canteens? Free school lunches?Requiring functional kitchens in all rentals? Nope just generalised fear-mongering and blaming individuals.

Seems like Maha fear mongering, no offense

Pictured here: examples of a healthy, plant-rich diet.

So….foods other those pictured? That seems counterproductive

Just ate a bag of Sun Chips so good to know it will cause me to go batshit in 30 years thanks CNN

no worries people are starving 👍

There isn’t just an “ultra-process” that all bad food goes through. Are they just talking about salt? I’m not clicking that shit

I will take things that aren't true for $1000 Ken.

Define “ultra processed”.

Relative risk, not absolute risk, so that you get unnecessarily scared because that gets you to click. As usual in these stupid articles.

Doom and gloom CNN over here. No one wants to live any longer than we have to if we have to live like this.

My potato chips are only mildly processed, so I'm good. Same with my cereal, bread, and Coca-Cola.

How are potato chips,... which are frequently literally just sliced potatoes cooked in vegetable oil and then salted "ultraprocessed"?

WTF is this meal? Who eats guac with fries and a salad for lunch and what part of this meal is "processed"? Those are fresh cut potatoes fried up, not at all processed. CNN sucking more than it did under Chris Licht is crazy, but it's true.

State Media This is just pathetic

Good. I look forward to forgetting the world you've helped to ruin.

They define what they consider ultra processed in the article and that picture…. Is not close to there definition. I don’t exactly eat healthy… but can’t think of a single thing I eat that would come close to meeting that ultra processed definition.

shut the fuck up

I only see anything on that plate that I would say is ultra processed. Frying potatoes in oil is not “ultra processed”.

the study isn't set up to show this. at all.

You wanted "disassemble" there instead of "dissemble". Also it doesn't get taken apart at the molecular level, that's ridiculous.

Fuck off, CNN. Jesus.

Of course, absolutely no other factors may be present whatsoever

I extremely dislike all the creeping MAHA I see in mainstream media lately

incr dementia risk and those fries explain so much. ;)

Let’s talk about correlation versus causation.

it's all just a dressed-up version of Jamie Oliver's war on nuggets. classism disguised as health science youtu.be/V-a9VDIbZCU?...

Defined in this paper: www.frontiersin.org/journals/nut... There are some odd distinctions: "artisanal" vs. "industrial" foods; Italian and French breads are a less processed category than UK breads.

They don't have a clear definition of ultraprocessed.

The Australian brain thinks reclaimed waste yeast from industrial fermentation is a delicious condiment.

Imagine having to call yourself a doctor *and* an academic

TRUE. That's why I learned to make chocolate cake with buttercream frosting from scratch and now eat it for every meal.

I was just doing a section with my students on unhealthy foods. "HAMBURGERS!" they shouted in unison. "Is beef unhealthy?" "No." "How about bread?" "No, bread is okay." "What about lettuce, tomatoes, onions?" "Umm..." We finally came to the consensus that fast-food is bad. I had McD's for lunch.

As far as I know, no research on "ultra-processed food" has ever fully adhered to the Nova classification system, even that done by the group who proposed the classification. In every instance, the researchers move some foods out of their defined group to better fit their ... vibes.

Is this RFK Jr

"Disassembled into molecules" is a phrase I expect from Elon Musk

Over here we call it 'cooking' Utter utter madness Eggs are great emulsifiers FFS

Like I guarantee these guys are fine with something like whey protein, which is about as processed as food can be, but a sliced potato cooked crispy and salted is ultra processed.

Did some clicking and Sandee LaMotte has been writing this article for CNN for years now.

Technically, cooking food accomplishes a lot of the same things that stomach acid is there to do. It's why cooked foods are safer and more nutritious. Lots of processing techniques for plants are also basically mimicking the sort of processing an herbivore's digestive system is meant to do.

That's not quite true. It's a term that was created for the purpose of studying growing obesity rates in Brazil. For broad categorization, it does the job. It's not a term that was ever meant to be used by individuals trying to make healthy food choices. Nor is it a useful term for individuals.

the study says it uses the Nova classification, which by itself is a legitimate scale when you only care about "degrees of processing" and nothing else. But it's obviously absurd to use it with health implications in mind. It's not like an industrial cauldron makes a dish less healthy than a stove.

There's no real definition. It's a meaningless scare word that's just meant to be deployed when convenient, just like when people say you shouldn't eat food with "chemicals" in it and other phrases like that.

Is it vague, really? Is it any more vague than saying high fat or low sugar? Simple guide.... read the ingredient list, if there's something only someone with chemistry degree can read and understand do not buy it. Upfs have multiple such additives

It's another meaningless buzzword designed to scare you. Just more anti-science MAHA propaganda.

But then again, it may not. 🤷‍♂️

Not sure how eating fresh food equates to eating a “carefully balanced nutritional non-flavoured slurry”. Maybe that’s the American brain at work

This. What is the point of living if not to enjoy some of it?

Beige slurry?! That's ULTRAPROCESSED! How absolute dare!

To paraphrase a wiser woman than I'll ever be, life should not be about becoming a pretty corpse, but to arrive to your own funeral with chocolate in one hand and wine in the other plunging into your coffin with a heartfelt "Whooyeah!"

That slurry would probably fall in the ultra-processed food category...

Furthering that companies should probably be held more accountable for putting this shit in our food than individual people for the responsibility of "better dieting"

Skittles.

Even if you do get an extra year, it’s on the wrong end.

Well the Mediterranean diet is definitely less of a “non-flavored beige slurry” than a Whopper or a BigMac Menu

I mean its using a made up word and pseudo science to scaremonger anyway. bsky.app/profile/abig...

To quote my late father: "If I can't have a hot dog and a milkshake once in a while, I don't WANT to live any longer."

I'm sorry, could you take RFK Jr's asshole out of your mouth, you're not making sense.

apparently that study also worked by. asking people what they ate in the last year and working from there? so they aren’t gonna have accurate anything

More fearmongering by mainstream media. This is just their latest concerted campaign aimed at distracting people from the oppression of endless austerity and the closeted fascist control of our society. They want us worried about minor health risks and not worried that our entire lives are shit.

just you, sorry to break the news

A new study shows that believing CNN health headlines correlates strongly to having a bad brain

Have been around dementia patients for 20 years—I’ve seen my share of people who were athletic, educated, engaged in life long learning and had amazingly good diets get dementia.

Look at the orange liar fascist...

Because a demented brain worm host says so.

"Ultraprocessed food" isnt a thing. But im sure you know that already.

1. There is not an example of ultra processed food in your photo. 2. We’ve known for decades that food diaries are laughably unreliable sources of data.

Way to make people feel hopeless.

let me guess—beef tallow is the answer 🙄

Hey news people, dud it occur to you to check if "ultraprocessed" foods is a legitimate category first? Because it isn't, and it's not scientifically defined. Kind of important context, no?

Looking at this picture I just have to ask: Is the ultraprocessed food in the room with us right now?

Eating food might raise your chance of dementia, as you get older, you know like age does

It's so cool how if you do 50 different studies with 10 different definitions of ultraprocessed, they all "contribute" to each other.

Or, it may not

Why is it a picture of healthy food?

My consumption of chips is directly related to my consumption of weed, let's do a scientific double-blind study on which one makes me confused

Fuck off

Lying freaks.

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What if you’re nearing 80 years old, and have only eaten McDonald’s and ultraprocessed foods for most of your life? Asking for a nation.

This is so stupid. Does this article explain how busy humans are supposed to find the time and money to eat healthier without work-from-home and subsidizing grocery bills??? My family has worked hard to eliminate palm oil and single-use plastic. We work from home, and our costs still *tripled*.😡

One whole study? Golly whillikers, I'm going to stop eating this small bag of potato chips right now! Seriously, I remember when you guys used to be journalists.

I don’t see how slicing, chilling and frying a potato is “ultra processed” Turning them into something like Pringles is ultra processing. I an currently eating potato chips with yogurt .

You know what really reduces the risk of dementia? The shingles vaccine. Maybe we should focus on the tools we have and that work with very little side effects instead of feeling bad for eating potato chips.

I'm good actually, I'm gonna keep eating my delicious things

I’m ready for some dementia. If only something so simple could make me care less. Also make me not care about click bait headlines.