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On the same topic, I have been finding this book an entertaining and informative read - published in 2023.

- https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/62586003

The author of the above book has a good talk on the same topic here

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QOTBreQaIk

The book itself is well referenced with footnotes and an appendix with extra research papers etc.

I also enjoyed ultra processed people. I found the book waffled a bit and some bits were a bit shoe horned in. There is also a tendency towards exaggeration for dramatic effect. The strongest arguments I found were that we have evolved with our food over millions of years and eating is such a core role of any biological organism. Introducing all these edible synthetic products would understandably have unintentional consequences. The other good one is an economic argument: all the food companies want you to consume more, so there is an incentive to make you over eat these products.

Informative enough that you don't quote a single sentence and just put a link?

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