20/10/2024
UNPROCESSED vs ULTRAPROCESSED🍓🥗🥚
I have made a conscious effort this year to eat less ultra processed foods and focused on more unprocessed/minimally processed foods after reading Ultra Processed People 🤓
An unprocessed/minimally processed food is considered a food which has not any sort of chemical treatment to preserve it or improve the taste and appearance like eggs, fruit/veg, fish and pulses.
An ultra processed food has been altered in some way which uses more than one ingredient which you wouldn’t usually find in the kitchen, such as preservatives, emulsifies, sweeteners and artificial colours, such as crisps, cereal, biscuits, prepackaged bread and fake meat.
Things I have noticed since making this change are:
• more energy
• fuller for longer
• less bloating
• better digestion
• cheaper food shops
Easy switches I made:
• Switching pre-made protein yoghurts to plain Greek yoghurt 🥄
• Packaged bread -> fresh sourdough🍞
• Eating fruit/vegetables instead of cereal bars🍓🥭
• Homecooked meals every weekday evening👩🏻🍳
• Pre prepped lunches reducing the purchase of meal deals🥪
• Swapping fake meat for tofu, fish or meat🐟
I still have ultra processed foods (I am a normal human being), just a lot less than before! Give me a shout if you want more information or food suggestions. Try it for the week and let me know how it goes📧
