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Ep . 129 | Ultra-Processed, Unprocessed foods - Understanding the difference and why it matters Referenced Studies & Reliable Sources🔹 NOVA Food Classification System • Monteiro CA, Cannon G, Moubarac J-C, et al. (2018). The UN Decade of Nutrition, the NOVA food classification and the trouble with ultra-processing. Public Health Nutrition.Link: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980018000236🔹 Health Risks of Ultra-Processed Foods • Srour B, Fezeu LK, et al. (2019). Ultra-processed food intake and risk of cardiovascular disease: prospective cohort study (NutriNet-Santé). BMJ, 365:l1451.Link: https://www.bmj.com/content/365/bmj.l1451 • Hall KD, Ayuketah A, et al. (2019). Ultra-Processed Diets Cause Excess Calorie Intake and Weight Gain: An Inpatient Randomized Controlled Trial of Ad Libitum Food Intake. Cell Metabolism, 30(1), 67-77.Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2019.05.008🔹 Addiction, Cravings & Hyperpalatability • Volkow ND, et al. (2004). Dopamine in drug abuse and addiction: results from imaging studies and treatment implications. Molecular Psychiatry, 9, 557–569.Link: https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.mp.4001507 • Moss, Michael. (2013). Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us. Random House.Book Summary: Investigative journalism revealing how the food industry engineers processed foods for addiction-like consumption patterns.🔹 Gut Health & Food Additives • Chassaing B, et al. (2015). Dietary emulsifiers impact the mouse gut microbiota promoting colitis and metabolic syndrome. Nature, 519, 92–96.Link: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14232🔹 History of Food Processing & Cooking • Wrangham, Richard. (2009). Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human. Basic Books.Book Summary: Argues that cooking was a pivotal evolutionary step that made food more digestible and calories more bioavailable. • Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Fermented Foods and Health.Link: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/fermented-foods/🔹 Food Labels & Hidden Sugars • U.S. Food & Drug Administration. Nutrition Facts Label: Added Sugars.Link: https://www.fda.gov/media/135326/download
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