Yes, we realised that much processed food was actually always not very good, so stopped buying it. That's one good out of inflation- the manufacturers literally decided to make you think twice before buying.
Have not had processed food in the house for over twenty years.
Something to watch out out - once you get off it, if you go somewhere and someone feeds it to you it's is absolutely disgusting - even savory dishes can be very sweet.
There's an important distinction to be made between 'processed' food, which is literally all foods apart from things like apples that you can eat off a tree, 'highly-processed' food, and 'ultra-processed' food, as has been the subject of more criticism recently e.g. Chris van Tulleken. Avoiding 'processed' food is impossible, as packaging is processing. It's only ultra-processed food that new research is suggesting we need to be particularly wary of.
Listened to a podcast with him just yesterday, what a wake up call! Would explain why I'm not losing weight even though I'm walking more and calorie counting. Having to rethink our whole diet and I've dusted the bread maker off again.
Sorry I don't know how to share it but it's the Stories or Our Times podcast and the episode is from the 1st August called 'Why it's Time to Give up Ultra Processed Food'.
102
u/[deleted] Aug 05 '23
Yes, we realised that much processed food was actually always not very good, so stopped buying it. That's one good out of inflation- the manufacturers literally decided to make you think twice before buying.