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cm2012today at 12:35 PM2 repliesview on HN

Yes it seems like the authors of this article are implying this is bad? I mean ultra-processed is a meaningless term but generally processed food lasts longer, is less perishable, often cheaper, etc.


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nickservtoday at 1:03 PM

It's absolutely not a meaningless term, it's a classification in the Nova standard:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_classification

And regarding health risks, please ask your doctor about your consumption. You may be surprised.

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toasty228today at 12:46 PM

> ultra-processed is a meaningless

You'd find plenty of definitions if you looked for them

> generally processed food lasts longer, is less perishable, often cheaper, etc.

Go ahead and list the negatives too lmao... what do you think the additives meant to prevent living organism from developing on the food do in your gut for example ?

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11901572/

Ultra processed food benefit companies more than they benefit you

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