Following on from my last post, I want to talk about the issue of referring to certain types of foods as “carbs”. The pervading sentiment in our society is that foods are either “carbs”, “protein”, or “fats”. You know how it goes, meat = protein, rice = carbs, nuts = fats, etc. This notion might …
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Ultra-Processed Foods and Health
What is something that pretty much everyone, no matter what dietary practice they follow, can agree on (or at least I hope so)? Eating whole foods elicits better health outcomes than consuming ultra-processed foods. It might be helpful to clarify a few definitions here: what do I mean when I say whole foods? In the …