More than half of Americans' calorie intake is from ultra-processed foods, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Because it’s too complicated we should put out bad information instead?
We should flag known problems, a common thing you see in other countries is foods labeled with excess calories, excess sodium, and/or excess added sugar. Those would be a much better use of our time then an arbitrary overly broad system that falsely flags some food as unhealthy and unhealthy food as healthy
So the UK has exactly the kind of labelling you’re talking about and they’re one of the fattest countries in Europe. Guess what, they also eat one of the highest proportions of UPF.
What food are you actually talking about that gets falsely flagged as unhealthy?
I have been listing things for a while but anything with whey protein or any form of flavor extract. But as a whole there is no knowledge on which upfs are bad as they lump everything together
400 calories of cup noodles is counted as equal as a 400 calories of a protein shake
Because it’s too complicated we should put out bad information instead?
We should flag known problems, a common thing you see in other countries is foods labeled with excess calories, excess sodium, and/or excess added sugar. Those would be a much better use of our time then an arbitrary overly broad system that falsely flags some food as unhealthy and unhealthy food as healthy
So the UK has exactly the kind of labelling you’re talking about and they’re one of the fattest countries in Europe. Guess what, they also eat one of the highest proportions of UPF.
What food are you actually talking about that gets falsely flagged as unhealthy?
I have been listing things for a while but anything with whey protein or any form of flavor extract. But as a whole there is no knowledge on which upfs are bad as they lump everything together
400 calories of cup noodles is counted as equal as a 400 calories of a protein shake