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

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Spoon-Fed:Through his pioneering research, Professor Tim Spector busts these and many other myths about food. It's not you, it's the food. Join Dr. The Number 1 Sunday Times bestseller, August 2023 THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'If you only read one diet or nutrition book in your life, make it this one' Bee Wilson'A 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. An eye-opening investigation into the science, economics, history and production of ultra-processed 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. Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn’t Food … and Why Can’t We Stop? Investigating everything from environmental impact and food fraud to allergies and deceptive labelling, Spector also shows us the many wondrous and surprising properties of everyday foods, which scientists are only just beginning to understand.