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Ultra-processed foods (Read 1273 times)


Milktruck say relentless

    This is just an article about ontologic classification. It really does nothing to support assertions that one class is necessarily healthier or less healthy than another.  I'm not sure the point he is making.

     

    BTW, I had a veggie hot dog last night.  With saurkraut.  And a RyePA beer.  Yummy!

     

     

    Was it a tofu hot dog?  Was it cured with nitrates?

     

    Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.

    " ..that corner has narrowed to a half-nekkid egyptian wandering about in the cold new jersey nighttime."
    ~ R2E

      This is just an article about ontologic classification. It really does nothing to support assertions that one class is necessarily healthier or less healthy than another.  I'm not sure the point he is making.

        

       

      Maybe the first part of the article is about classification. But lack of support doesn't stop him from making assertions about the inherent health of one class over another in his observations:

       

      "Products are here classified as ultra-processed not only because of their nature as unhealthy edible substances, but also because of their underlying and basic social, economic and environmental consequences."

       

      I'd wager his point is that he believes ultra processed food producers "Big Snack, and also Big Sugar, Big Burger, and Big Cola, together with associated agribusiness, pharmaceutical, chemical and marketing corporations" are out to destroy the world and must be stopped (ie. "regulated").

      But Och! I backward cast my e'e, On prospects drear!
      An' forward, tho' I canna see, I guess an' fear!

        I get that, I really do.  I guess I separated his musing from what he presented that is actually defensible (if useless) based on logic. 

         

        However, based on his ontology, our example of the salad with olive oil is no different from (and apparently as unhealthy as) a twinkie.

          Is offal not meat? Is meat only muscle?

           

          asking because he seems to characterize the hot dog as less healthy partly because it's not "meat" as he defines it. Not that offal would make it less healthy I think. I dunno.

          But Och! I backward cast my e'e, On prospects drear!
          An' forward, tho' I canna see, I guess an' fear!

            BTW, raw meat is food.  Cooked meat is processed.  Add a little butter or cheese or catsup: ultraprocessed.

              Trent, give us your basic ontology of food.


              Ostrich runner

                I get that, I really do.  I guess I separated his musing from what he presented that is actually defensible (if useless) based on logic. 

                 

                However, based on his ontology, our example of the salad with olive oil is no different from (and apparently as unhealthy as) a twinkie.

                 

                FWIW, I arrived at the article through a Pollan tweet. I'm still curious to go through the rest of the article and commentary to see if there's more going on. 

                http://www.runningahead.com/groups/Indy/forum

                  BTW, raw meat is food.  Cooked meat is processed.  Add a little butter or cheese or catsup: ultraprocessed.

                   

                  Okay, sure. But what about ketchup?


                  Food

                    Okay, sure. But what about ketchup?

                     

                    A vegetable.

                    testing testing

                      A vegetable.

                       

                      Then my kid DOES eat vegetables after all!


                      Milktruck say relentless

                        Is offal not meat? Is meat only muscle?

                         

                        asking because he seems to characterize the hot dog as less healthy partly because it's not "meat" as he defines it. Not that offal would make it less healthy I think. I dunno.

                         I had some exotic foreign food and I believe they didn't waste any part....I am sure nostrils, knuckles, hooves and beaks were in there.

                         

                        Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.

                        " ..that corner has narrowed to a half-nekkid egyptian wandering about in the cold new jersey nighttime."
                        ~ R2E

                          Parts is parts.

                            Trent, give us your basic ontology of food.

                             

                            parts is parts

                              A vegetable.

                               

                              Thanks for that, it's probably the most amusement I will find on the internet all day.

                              Whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say, It is well, it is well with my soul.

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