The education provided by this book is unreal. As someone who grew up eating what I now understand to be ultra-processed foods and having carried that habit into adulthood, I'm pretty disgusted at how terrifyingly naughty the methods used to make them are, how cantankerous they cat within our bodies and entirely aghast at the overall impact on health. Mind blowing stuff. Professor Green Fascinating, but frankly horrifying investigation into our industrialised food system Ben Spencer, The Times The past ten years has seen an inflection point in human history, where more people in the world are now dying of eating too much, than of eating too little. This urgent and captivating read digs deep into one of the huge reasons, the rise and rise of ultra-processed food.” —Dr. Giles Yeo, author of Gene Eating: The Science of Obesity and the Truth about Diets Ultra-Processed People] advocates for our right to understand the impact of what we eat and access affordable, healthy food in an environment that makes it nearly impossible. . . . A lucidly written, grimly fascinating and essential read.” —Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction jury citation

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An event publication that promises to change how we eat, saving ourselves and the planet at the same time. Join Chris in his travels through the world of food science and a UPF diet to discover what's really going on. Find out why exercise and willpower can't save us, and what UPF is really doing to our bodies, our health, our weight, and the planet (hint: nothing good).

A] compelling examination of ultra-processed food—or UPF—as a public health issue. . . . [van Tulleken] details how UPF companies are destroying traditional diets and critiques industrial food arguments around inefficiency. . . . [H]is advice is matter-of-fact . . . [his] scope and approach . . . unique.”— Civil Eats A scathing takedown . . . This impassioned polemic will make readers think twice about what they eat Publishers Weekly

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A tour of how the science of processing has allowed companies to produce goods that are no longer even faint echoes of the real food of which they are copies. . . . Van Tulleken is at his best when using his own scientific expertise to help readers through otherwise unnavigable science, data and history, explaining with precision what we are actually eating.” — The New York Times Book Review Find out why exercise and willpower can’t save us, and what UPF is really doing to our bodies, our health, our weight, and the planet (hint: nothing good). We are experiencing delays with deliveries to many countries, but in most cases local services have now resumed. For more details, please consult the latest information provided by Royal Mail's International Incident Bulletin. In Ultra-Processed People, a persuasive mix of analysis and commentary, [Chris van Tulleken] shows how [ultra-processed] foods affect our bodies and how their popularity stems in part from shady marketing and slanted science Matthew Rees, Wall Street Journal If you only read one diet or nutrition book in your life, make it this one.. . . Without a hint of finger-wagging or body shaming . . . Chris van Tulleken lays out what ultra-processed food is and why it is the single greatest problem with modern diets.” —Bee Wilson, award-winning author of The Way We Eat Now and Consider the ForkAn eye-opening investigation into the science, economics, history and production of ultra-processed food. A tour of how the science of processing has allowed companies to produce goods that are no longer even faint echoes of the real food of which they are copies, and of what the evidence shows about the biology and psychology of eating in today's world. Van Tulleken is at his best when using his own scientific expertise to help readers through otherwise unnavigable science, data and history, explaining with precision what we are actually eating Jacob E. Gersen, New York Times If you only read one diet or nutrition book in your life, make it this one. It will not only change the way you eat but the way you think about food. And it does all this without a hint of finger-wagging or body shaming. I came away feeling so much better informed about every aspect of ultra-processed food, from the way it affects the microbes in our gut to why it is so profitable to produce to why it's so hard to eat only a single bowl of Coco Pops to why any food that is marketed as 'better for you' is almost certainly not. Bee Wilson

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We have entered a new ‘age of eating’ where most of our calories come from an entirely novel set of substances called Ultra-Processed Food, food which is industrially processed and designed and marketed to be addictive. A fascinating, forensically researched and ultimately terrifying expose of the food we consume. Van Tulleken leaves no stone unturned, shining his spotlight into the dark corners of what masquerades as nutrition these days. Read it; your diet will never be the same again! Mariella Frostrup It'll change what you eat . . . an unsettling examination of the food we eat and the industrial system that makes it Ben Spencer, The Times Unsettling and deeply important. . . . [ Ultra-Processed People] integrate[s] concepts of detailed food science and global market forces, showing how these affect individual humans. Tulleken weaves these threads together in a way that is evidence-based, compelling and humane. . . . A tremendously important book that will help readers choose less processed, better food.” —Vincent Lam, Toronto StarThe right to know what we eat and what it does to our bodies and the right to good, affordable food. Mindblowing. You’ll never see food—or your body—the same way again.” —Alice Roberts, author of Anatomical Oddities We have entered a new 'age of eating' where most of our calories come from an entirely novel set of substances called Ultra-Processed Food, food which is industrially processed and designed and marketed to be addictive. But do we really know what it's doing to our bodies? For cost savings, you can change your plan at any time online in the “Settings & Account” section. If you’d like to retain your premium access and save 20%, you can opt to pay annually at the end of the trial.

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If you do nothing, you will be auto-enrolled in our premium digital monthly subscription plan and retain complete access for 65 € per month.Everyone needs to know this stuff.” —Tim Spector, bestselling author of Spoon-Fed: why Almost Everything We’ve Been Told about Food is Wrong Chris van Tulleken bravely turns himself into a guinea pig to explore the ins and outs of ultra-processed food. . . . His account of what happens to our food during its trip to our gut, and the connection that bad food has to the epidemics of obesity and diabetes . . . is persuasive and scary.” —Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker Mindblowing. You'll never see food or your body the same way again Alice Roberts, author of ANATOMICAL ODDITIES You may also opt to downgrade to Standard Digital, a robust journalistic offering that fulfils many user’s needs. Compare Standard and Premium Digital here.