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Ultra-processed food linked to harm in every major human organ, study finds
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 19 Nov 2025
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Can we stop bitching about UPF? They are tasty, so you eat a lot of them and get fat. Simple as that.
The definition itself is stupid. Bread is ultra processed. Protein powder is ultra processed. Can we focus on calory-density and taste?
Also as someone with ADHD I regularly forget to eat lunch. If I couldn't eat 2 pizzas for dinner, I would loose even more weight. This propaganda about good and bad foods has kept me underweight for most of my life.
Here are some solutions.
If you don't have a lot of freezer space, go buy one. You can get a model that holds a lot of food and is the same side as a kitchen chair. Costs about the same as a week's worth of pizzas.
It takes the same amount of time to cook ten portions as it does to cook one. I like to make a huge pot of chili or stew or soup and freeze it in pint size containers. Five minutes to cook in the microwave. A big pan of lasagna will give you a dozen meals. Or you can cook a whole roast chicken on Sunday and eat it all week. Chicken and rice on Sunday, chicken tacos on Monday, green salad with chicken on Tuesday...
Don't get me wrong, I do mealprep, just forget or don't have time for lunch some days. Then I eat "junkfood" because I can't eat 2000 calories in one go, when I eat rice and lentils.
Not being able to eat 2000 calories in a sitting is a feature, not a flaw of healthy eating. Set a reminder to eat lunch, or just meal prep your snacks.