Browsing Tag

UPFs

2 posts
The Nova system, developed by scientists in Brazil more than a decade ago, splits food into four groups based on the amount of processing it has gone through. Unprocessed foods include fruit, vegetables, nuts, eggs and meat. Processed culinary ingredients ¿ which are usually not eaten alone ¿ include oils, butter, sugar and salt

Ultraprocessed foods are ‘harmful to EVERY part of the body’: Biggest study yet links UPFs to 32 illnesses – including cancer and heart disease – as experts call for biscuits, cakes and sweets to be treated like cigarettes

Diets high in ultra-processed food may be harmful to every part of…
Rob Hobson (pictured) embarked on a mission to eliminate all the ultra-processed foods from his diet by preparing his own food from scratch at home

Much of the food we eat is ultra-processed – and being linked to heart attacks and dementia. But there is a way to eliminate UPFs from your diet without sacrificing flavour, says award-winning nutritionist ROB HOBSON

As a nutritionist I’ve always prided myself on eating a balanced diet.…