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The ultimate processed food is bad, but the society that produces it is worse.

Everyone, this book is fun.

It's just that the introduction makes sense. It's so academic fun that it might be unacceptable.

Ultra ‐ Processed People: Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn't Food... and Why Can't We Stop?

(Delicious, deceived, dead)

Chris van Tulleken

🏢 published by Penguin Books in 2024.

😳 when UPF is not just food punishable.

But there are social and psychological processes that make us eat more than we want, including the management of the food industry, marketing, advertising and economic incentives.

⭐ "Some of the foods we eat may not be food."

🌟 "The human body is not designed to eat flavorants in food."

2025/9/27 Edited to

... Read moreในยุคปัจจุบัน อาหารแปรรูปขั้นสุด (Ultra-Processed Foods หรือ UPF) กลายเป็นส่วนสำคัญในชีวิตประจำวันของเรามากขึ้น ทั้งนี้หนังสือ 'Ultra-Processed People' ได้ชี้ให้เห็นว่า อาหารเหล่านี้ไม่ได้เป็นเพียงอาหารที่มีผลเสียต่อร่างกายเท่านั้น แต่ยังสะท้อนถึงกระบวนการทางสังคมและจิตใจที่มีบทบาทผลักดันให้เราบริโภคมากเกินกว่า "ความต้องการ" ตัวอย่างเช่น การตลาดที่ใช้เทคนิคชวนหลงใหล โฆษณาที่กระตุ้นความอยาก และแรงจูงใจทางเศรษฐกิจจากอุตสาหกรรมอาหารที่มีอำนาจสูง การที่ร่างกายมนุษย์ไม่ได้ถูกออกแบบมาให้รับสารปรุงแต่งมากมายในอาหารแปรรูป ส่งผลให้เกิดปัญหาสุขภาพในระยะยาว เช่น โรคอ้วน โรคเบาหวาน และโรคหัวใจ ทำให้หลายองค์กรอนามัยทั่วโลกหันมาสนใจและออกมาตรการควบคุม นอกจากนี้ หนังสือยังสะท้อนให้เห็นว่า "อาหารบางชนิดที่เรากิน อาจไม่ใช่อาหาร" ในความหมายที่แท้จริง เพราะผ่านกระบวนการแปรรูปที่ซับซ้อนจนลืมความเป็นธรรมชาติและคุณค่าทางโภชนาการไป การเข้าใจผลกระทบนี้จะช่วยให้ผู้บริโภคมีวิจารณญาณในการเลือกอาหาร และผลักดันให้สังคมหันมาสนับสนุนระบบอาหารที่ยั่งยืนและเป็นมิตรกับสุขภาพมากกว่าการผลิตเพื่อผลกำไรเพียงอย่างเดียว การรับรู้เรื่องนี้จึงเป็นจุดเริ่มต้นของการเปลี่ยนแปลงทั้งในระดับบุคคลและสังคม เพื่อร่วมมือกันสร้างชีวิตที่ดีขึ้นอย่างแท้จริง

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