… Kevin Hall, a scientist at the National Institutes of Health, [is] the lead author of what is arguably the most important and influential processed-food study, which found that people given a diet of ultra-processed foods ate about 500 calories more per day than those fed a minimally processed diet. … His No. 1 culprit: energy density.
Energy density is a measure of how many calories are packed into a certain weight or volume of food. The more calories are in each bite, the more calories you’re likely to consume overall. Foods that have a lot of bulk for the calories they deliver can satiate better and lead to lower consumption. Ultra-processed foods are typically more energy-dense ….
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The brouhaha over processing is a distraction from the everyday ingredients — the “clean” ones, not the additives — that make foods unhealthful and easy to overeat. (My favorite example is Domino Golden Sugar. It’s granulated sugar that’s somewhere between white and brown, and the label says “Less Processed.” And it is less processed than white sugar. But it’s sugar.)
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