Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2023
An eye-opening investigation into the science,economics,history and production of ultra-processed food.
It's not you,it's the food.
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
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).
For too long we've been told we just need to make different choices,when really we're living in a food environment that makes it nigh-on impossible. So this is a book about our rights. The right to know what we eat and what it does to our bodies and the right to good,affordable food.
Publisher: CornerstoneISBN: 9781529900057Number of pages: 384Weight: 611 gDimensions: 240 x 162 x 35 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'A devastating,witty and scholarly destruction of the shit food we eat and why.'- Adam Rutherford
'Packed with "I never knew that" moments,Ultra-Processed People is a wonderfully playful book that changed forever how I think about what I eat and why.'- Hannah Fry
'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. In clear,humorous and informative prose,Chris van Tulleken lays out what ultra-processed food is and why it is the single greatest problem with modern diets. If you want to learn why breakfast cereal is so crunchy in the box and so soggy in the bowl; or why'sugar free'is not a panacea,van Tulleken has the answers. He has interviewed experts in UPFs from all over the world,ranging from industry insiders to nutrition scientists and - even more powerfully - he has tested the effects of a high UPF diet on his own body. 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
'A wonderful and fascinating expose of ultra-processed food,edible substances with strange sounding ingredients which are manufactured by some of the wealthiest companies on the planet and which,worryingly,form an increasing part of our diet. As Chris shows,not only have these foods been formulated to ensure that we eat them constantly and without thought,but they hijack our ability to regulate what we eat,primarily by affecting our brains. And he backs up his claims with a powerful self-experiment,along with lots of rigorous and often shocking research,reading this book will make you question what you eat and how it was produced.'- Michael Mosley
Chris van Tulleken
Chris van Tulleken is a British doctor specialising in infectious diseases,television presenter and author of popular medical books for children and adults.
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