What is ultraprocessed food? And do we really know what it’s doing to our bodies, our health, and the planet?

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Chris van Tulleken is a doctor and TV presenter who says most of the food that we eat isn’t really food. “Whether you're eating a burger, or a piece of fried chicken, or a breakfast cereal, there are illusions of texture. There will be little crunches and pops and snaps and greasy bits and dry bits and chewy bits. But it's all inhalably fasttoeat and the hormones that tell you to stop just can't keep up.”

His latest book, ‘UltraProcessed People’, explores how ultraprocessed food is designed to fuel addiction and is creating an epidemic of dietrelated disease.

Today, Chris joins Krishnan GuruMurthy on Ways to Change the World to discuss the dangers of a UPF diet, and why urgent government regulation is needed.



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