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An eye-opening investigation into the science, economics, history and
production of ultra-processed food.
It's not you, it's 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 it's doing to our bodies?
Join Chris in his travels through the world of food science and a UPF
diet to discover what's really going on. Find out why exercise and
willpower can't save us, and what UPF is really doing to our bodies,
our health, our weight, and the planet (hint: nothing good).
For too long we've been told we just need to make different choices,
when really we're 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.
An eye-opening investigation into the science, economics, history and
production of ultra-processed food.
It's not you, it's 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 it's doing to our bodies?
Join Chris in his travels through the world of food science and a UPF
diet to discover what's really going on. Find out why exercise and
willpower can't save us, and what UPF is really doing to our bodies,
our health, our weight, and the planet (hint: nothing good).
For too long we've been told we just need to make different choices,
when really we're 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.
Chris van Tulleken-father, scientist, doctor, and award-winning BBC
broadcaster-made headlines with a dietary experiment that he
conducted at University College London. For a month, he ate almost
nothing but ultra-processed food, a typical diet for children and
adults in the United States. As Chris ate, he spoke to the world's
leading experts on food and processing from academia, agriculture
and, most importantly, the food industry itself. Now, in a
fast-paced and eye-opening narrative, van Tulleken reveals his
findings. These products are ubiquitous, are the primary driver of
the obesity pandemic, and are the number-one cause of environmental
destruction. Yet these products are ruthlessly marketed, often as
health food. By tracing the science and economics of UPF, van
Tulleken reframes it as an addictive substance and obesity as a
"commerciogenic disease," driven by a largely unregulated industry.
Marshaling the latest evidence, Ultra-Processed People proposes
real solutions to the current pandemic of diet-related disease-for
businesses, for policymakers, and for us all.
An eye-opening investigation into the science, economics, history
and production of ultra-processed food. It's not you, it's 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
it's doing to our bodies? Join Chris in his travels through the
world of food science and a UPF diet to discover what's really
going on. Find out why exercise and willpower can't save us, and
what UPF is really doing to our bodies, our health, our weight, and
the planet (hint: nothing good). For too long we've been told we
just need to make different choices, when really we're 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.
Think you know your Smallpox from your Bubonic Plague? Try testing
your knowledge of the history of medicine! a) What did the Ancient
Egyptians treat with powdered ostrich egg? b) How did body
snatchers help 19th-century medical students? c) Why did the
Ancient Romans recommend drinking wee? ANSWERS: Dive in and find
out! Dr Chris and Dr Xand draw back the bed curtains of history to
take you on a tour of the body, revealing the gruesome secrets of
medicine through the ages.
Operation Ouch! based on the popular CBBC series and recent winner
of the Booktrust Best Book Award for 'Best Fact Book'! Can you
guess which of these amazing facts Operation Ouch! has in store for
you? a) That in your lifetime you'll spend a whole year on the
toilet b) That you shed at least 30,000 skin cells every day c)
That the biggest muscle in your body is in your bum ANSWER: All
three of course! Join Dr Chris and Dr Xand as they take a tour of
YOUR BRILLIANT BODY! Find out the incredible things your body can
do, test your gross-out knowledge and try out cool body tricks at
home.
Across the world mothers are urged to breastfeed, but in Western
society many find it difficult. Those who stop can feel unhappy and
demoralised - but why should such a desired, encouraged and
biologically normal behaviour seem so challenging in reality?
Breastfeeding Uncovered reveals how complex social and cultural
messages work against new mothers, damaging the normal physiology
of breastfeeding and making it seem unmanageable. Professor Amy
Brown removes the focus from the mother and instead urges society
to rethink its attitude towards breastfeeding and mothering, in
order to support, encourage and protect mothers who want to
breastfeed their babies. This book is for anyone who has ever
struggled with breastfeeding, supported new mothers or just
wondered what all the fuss is about. Most of all it is a must-read
for anyone who has ever thought a breastfeeding mother should cover
up, or feed her baby elsewhere. This new edition has been revised
and updated with new case studies and links to research, plus a
chapter on how the COVID-19 pandemic affected breastfeeding, so
that it continues to be an up-to-date reflection of society's
attitudes to breastfeeding.
206 bones. One heart. Two eyes. Ten fingers. You may think you know
what makes up a human. But it turns out our bodies are full of
surprises. What makes tears of joy different from tears of sadness?
Why is a gut feeling so much smarter than you think? And why is 90%
of you not even human? This book turns your knowledge of the human
body on its head. The effervescent van Tulleken twins bring their
knowledge and charm to the page to reveal just how well our bodies
keep secrets from the things that want to exploit it: bacteria,
viruses, fungi, parasites, larger predators and, crucially, other
people. They reveal the remarkable stories behind the science we
are not meant to know, on matters of life and death. Leading us
through these revelations are tales of everyday miracles - the
human stories that bind every one of us together through the
universal stages of life. Chris and Xand van Tulleken reveal the
incredible abilities every human shares, leading us to discover the
secrets that make every ordinary human body ... extraordinary.
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