Should You Fear Ultra-Processed Foods?

The complex problem of UPFs and why the headlines are very misleading

Pictured: Processed. Also, yum. I ❤ sausages. Photo by LikeMeat on Unsplash

For decades, we’ve been trying to figure out how to separate food into easy “healthy” and “unhealthy” categories. There was the “calorie-dense and nutrient poor” descriptor, there’s the ever-present discussion about full vs low fat, and the ongoing war about carbs, seed oils…