We all know that potato strips, dried nuts and drinks are not very good, but when we often eat, we want to reward ourselves. A doctor in the UK took a photo and found that after 4 weeks of eating super-processed food, he began to experience multiple symptoms such as anxiety, constipation, and depression, and even "feeling that he is ten years old." Is super processed food really that guilty?
Experience of eating super processed food "I think I'm ten years old"BBC, a program host and an associate professor in the Department of Infection and Immunity at the University of London One's record "What Are We Feeding Our Kids?" is about exploring the impact of hyperprocessed foods on health. In the film, Chris challenged to increase the amount of 30% of super-processed food to 80% in four weeks. You may feel amazing. How can ordinary people eat so much? But Chris said that this is the diet that one in five people in the UK eat.
Chris gained nearly 7 kg in four weeks and began to experience some symptoms, including poor sleep, anxiety, hypochondria and sexual desire, and suffering from constipation. He even "feels ten years old." He felt that eating ultra-processed foods turned into what my brain kept telling me to do, even if I didn't want it, just like the reactions that would cause people to get drunk on their brains. Chris said worriedly that these foods affect the brain of an adult in his 40s within one month, so will there be a bigger problem with the brain of a child who is developing?
Super processed food 4 characteristics Let you eat quickly and constantlyWhy is super processed food so magical that it always makes you unable to stop?
Dr Kevin Hall, a senior researcher at the National Institute of Health Research, also did some research on the content of green slices and found that a large number of people who eat super-processed foods have some common situations: increasing hormones that cause hunger and reducing hormones that feel hunger. Previous studies have pointed out that eating slowly can reduce your appetite, but many ultra-processed foods are easy to chew and swallow, which makes people eat faster and also lead to more calories. The 112th issue of "Nutrition Communication" issued by Guotai Hospital also pointed out that the four characteristics of ultra-processed foods may cause overeating and are related to the occurrence of obesity.
1. High heat density2. Rich in refined carbohydrates
3. Lack of fiber and exquisite quality
4. Packed in large portions and easy to use, just prepare for edible
What foods are super processed foods?And which foods are considered ultraprocessed foods? The most widely used diet classification system in the world to classify processed foods is the "NOVA" food classification proposed by the University of San Paulo, Brazil in 2009. It divides food and beverages into four levels according to processability, degree and purpose:
(1) Unprocessed or minimally processed foods: such as meat, eggs, drink water, vegetables and fruits.
(2) Processed culinary ingredients: including oil, salt, sugar, and processing purpose is to form vegetables with (1).
(3) Processed foods: such as vegetable cans, fish cans and fruit cans, usually a combination of (1)+(2).
(4) Ultra-processed foods: including a variety of sugary and carbonated beverages, dried baking, processed meat and fish strips, bulk-made bread, soaked noodles, cold-fried foods (such as sauerks, buns, etc.), microwave ready-to-eat foods (i.e. noodles, fried rice, etc.).
According to a picture of "Nutrition Communication" 112 issue issued by Guotai Medical News, you can better understand the processing grades of food. Take chicken eggs, boiled eggs that are not added are grade 1 foods, fried poached eggs are grade 2, add salad oil, salt, sugar to make eggs and yellow sauce and turn into grade 3, and then add flour, honey, cream, etc. to make honey cakes and become grade 4 super processed foods.
Finally, I would like to remind everyone that as long as you don’t eat too often or too much super processed food, occasionally eating it will not cause any threat to health. A balanced consumption of various foods is a healthy diet.