Ultra-Processed People : Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn’t Food … and Why Can’t We Stop?

Author: Tulleken, Chris van

Food & society

Published on 2 May 2024 by Cornerstone (Penguin (Cornerstone)) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 416 pages
128 x 198 x 29 | 334g

NOW WITH TWO BONUS CHAPTERS INCLUDING AN FAQTHE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERFORTNUM & MASONS DEBUT FOOD BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024A TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023AN ECONOMIST, DAILY MAIL, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING and AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023Chosen by the SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, FT and DAILY MAIL as one of their BEST SUMMER BOOKS OF 2023As seen on Chris BBC documentary about ultra-processed foods, Irresistible: Why We Cant Stop EatingClearly a brilliant book James OBrienIf you only read one diet or nutrition book in your life, make it this one Bee WilsonA devastating, witty and scholarly destruction of the shit food we eat and why Adam Rutherford---An eye-opening investigation into the science, economics, history and production of ultra-processed food.

Its not you, its 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 its doing to our bodies?Join Chris in his travels through the world of food science and a UPF diet to discover whats really going on. Find out why exercise and willpower cant save us, and what UPF is really doing to our bodies, our health, our weight, and the planet (hint: nothing good).

For too long weve been told we just need to make different choices, when really were 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.

Number 1 Sunday Times bestseller, August 2023