Ultraprocessed foods linked to cancer and early death, new studies find

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Probably long suspected, but now you have some studies.

Ultraprocessed foods include prepackaged soups, sauces and frozen pizza and pleasure foods like hot dogs, french fries, sodas, store-bought cookies, cakes, candies, doughnuts, ice cream and many more.

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Ultraprocessed foods linked to cancer and early death, new studies find
Ultraprocessed foods include prepackaged soups, sauces and frozen pizza and pleasure foods like hot dogs, french fries, sodas, store-

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[live love laugh]

1. ICE CREAM ‼️ Never considered it a preprocessed food

It’s my guilty pleasure.

Gotta scratch it off my list.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. That might not include Breyers.

The list of ingredients for their ice cream ( not "frozen dairy products" ) is pretty short.

It's trademarked, so to stay on the legal side: Breyers®

[Maraya1969]

14. There are many decent ice creams. Like Ben and Jerry's. They all have short

ingredient lists.

[ProfessorGAC]

3. I Wouldn't Overreact

Their definition of ultraprocessed seems amorphous.
I have a hard time believing that this can be held in isolation as a causal factor.
More than likely, it's interactive with several other contributing factors, like environment & genetic predisposition.
Ice cream is nothing new. Been around for centuries.
I feel the same about many others in that piece are likewise.
Joe Jackson wrote a song called "Everything Gives You Cancer". This kind of thing was what he was singing about.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

6. Half the stuff in my kitchen is going to kill me, if this list is right.

Half? I mean two-thirds.

Thanks for writing, and good afternoon.

[ProfessorGAC]

9. Same To You

BTW: Went last night to see a guy I've known since '72 of '73 do his cafe act.
He's always been an outstanding guitarist and was all I expected. He sings OK, but his voice pales in comparison to his playing.
His wife joins in on many, but not all sings. She tosses in some harmonies & played simple guitar on a few songs.
My wife bailed last minute (she knows him, too) so I have to track his FB page to see where they'll be so she can see them, too.

[live love laugh]

21. Thanks for talking me off the ledge.

[womanofthehills]

11. Most Strass ice creams have like 4 ingredients

Ice cream with zero additives are out there. Also, making you own is easy too. Just throw some frozen fruit, sugar, cream and sometimes eggs into an ice cream maker.

[GoCubsGo]

13. Some of them are "pre-processed", some of them aren't.

I think that, much like the homemade vs. store-bought cookies, they're mainly referring to the ones that have a lot of crap in them, like high fructose or regular corn syrup, artificial flavorings, guar gum, carrageenan, modified food starch, etc. Don't scratch it off your list. Just read the ingredients. If they just contain only simple things, like cream, milk, sugar, and natural flavors, they're not "ultra-processed." Or, just make your own. That way, you get to control what goes into it. Unfortunately, most of the store-bought brands that fit the bill are a kind of expensive, like Ben and Jerry's, Alden's Organic, and Turkey Hill All Natural.

Ice cream is my guilty pleasure, as well. You'll have to pry it from my cold, dead hands. And, since it's ice cream, my hands will be extra cold.

[live love laugh]

22. "Cold dead hands" ... Love it!

[Elessar Zappa]

4. I eat my fruits and veggies but

I’m not gonna give up my processed food. I accept the risks.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

7. I'd better not say what's on the menu for dinner tonight. I'm sure it's on the list.

Thanks, and good afternoon.

[highplainsdem]

5. IOW, much of the typical American diet. About the only way to avoid that is to

ignore the aisles of grocery stores as much as possible and focus on picking up fresh produce, meat and fish, and dairy. But that's more time-consuming and can be more expensive. My closest supermarket has filled the section between the fresh produce and fresh meat and fish with a bakery and bread aisle with lots of very heavily processed baked treats, but most of the time I can get through that health minefield without picking anything up. Then you get to the candy bars at checkout.

[leftyladyfrommo]

8. I am not giving up ice cream. Death by Rocky Road. nt

[mahatmakanejeeves]

10. Moose Tracks, for me, thanks.

And good afternoon.

[womanofthehills]

12. There are lots of brands of ice cream with zero preservatives

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You can buy ice cream with a list of 30 ingredients or 4 or 5. Same with even processed foods.

[highplainsdem]

18. Yep. I buy Daisy cottage cheese, even though it's the most expensive ($5 for a 24-oz carton now),

because the ingredient list is short: cultured skim milk, cream, salt.

I still have the carton for another brand here (washed, those cartons are useful for stashing garbage like banana peels that I don't want smelling up the kitchen at all), one I bought when the store was out of 4% Daisy brand. Besides the ingredients found in Daisy cottage cheese, this other brand contains guar gum, whey protein concentrate, mono and diglycerides, carob bean gum, natural flavor, potassium sorbate and carbon dioxide (says it's to maintain freshness though Daisy cottage cheese doesn't need it), carrageenan (another thickener like the gums, and one possibly linked to cancer), polysorbate 80, and enzymes.

That "natural flavor" ingredient can be damn near anything:

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/natural-flavors#Should-you-consume-natural-flavors?

[Maraya1969]

15. Costco was sampling some type of Ramen that was delicious!!

I almost bought it even tough the guy sampling it said it was very unhealthy!

It was really good! But filled with salt and I'm sure the noodles aren't the best for you.

[leftyladyfrommo]

19. Too much fat. But it doesn't hurt to eat bad food once

in a while.

[Maraya1969]

16. I found out a way to make a great "Ice cream" shake. I use frozen

fruits, like strawberries with pineapple and stick it in the blender with some ice, water and 1/2 and 1/2 (Because I had it on hand for coffee) and added some stevia.

It's delicious! Tastes just like a milkshake and besides the fat in the cream it is very healthy.

I might even get some heavy cream for this and just add more water.

[LeftInTX]

17. Good bye Campbells Soup and Hot Pockets!

Actually, I threw them out years ago because I can't stand them!

Confirmation bias, confirmed!!

[2naSalit]

20. I don't eat much of that stuff at all...

Haven't for years. So if I want to get out of here sooner rather than later, I guess I need to step up my junkfood intake!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

23. Read the ingredients -- if you can't pronounce it or grow it, don't eat it.