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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Nicola Davis Science correspondent

‘I won’t send off my poo’: Dr Chris van Tulleken on ultra-processed food, his Christmas lectures and gut analysis

Dr Chris van Tulleken surrounded by fruit, vegetables and wholemeal bread.
Dr Chris van Tulleken says he is aware of the risks of stigmatising food and wants to grapple with the fundamentals of the ‘most robust’ science. Photograph: Paul Wilkinson

Walk into any supermarket and the choice of foods is enormous, from brightly coloured breakfast cereals to pre-packed lasagnes. But for many, deciding what to add to the basket has never been harder, as concerns grow over industrially produced items.

You might think Dr Chris van Tulleken, as the author of the bestselling book Ultra-Processed People – an investigation of how aggressively marketed products created by the food industry are packed with ingredients engineered to make us overeat – would be just the person to ask for help.

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