Ultra-Processed People

Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn’t Food … and Why Can’t We Stop?

Chris van Tulleken

- 4.4 • 113 Ratings

- £5.99

- £5.99

THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
A TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023
AN ECONOMIST, DAILY MAIL, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING and AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023
SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONE'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023
SHORTLISTED FOR FORTNUM & MASON'S DEBUT FOOD BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024
Chosen by the SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, FT and DAILY MAIL as one of their BEST SUMMER BOOKS OF 2023

'If you only read one diet or nutrition book in your life, make it this one' Bee Wilson

'A devastating, witty and scholarly destruction of the shit food we eat and why' Adam Rutherford

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An eye-opening investigation into the science, economics, history and production of ultra-processed food.

It's not you, it's the food.

We have entered a new 'age of eating' where most of our calories come from an entirely novel set of substances called Ultra-Processed Food, food which is industrially processed and designed and marketed to be addictive. But do we really know what it's doing to our bodies?

Join Chris in his travels through the world of food science and a UPF diet to discover what's really going on. Find out why exercise and willpower can't save us, and what UPF is really doing to our bodies, our health, our weight, and the planet (hint: nothing good).

For too long we've been told we just need to make different choices, when really we're living in a food environment that makes it nigh-on impossible. So this is a book about our rights. The right to know what we eat and what it does to our bodies and the right to good, affordable food.

APPLE BOOKS REVIEW

Behold, a book that might genuinely impact how and what you eat. We’ve all been (temporarily) shocked by horrifying things we’ve read about the unhealthier end of our diets, but here Chris van Tulleken—one of the BBC’s lead science presenters and an infections diseases doctor at London's Hospital for Tropical Diseases—lays out a highly persuasive case for why it’s time to truly cut out “ultra-processed” food. True to his broadcasting style, van Tulleken isn’t preachy—he’s instead engaging, darkly funny and quietly furious that we’ve become so hooked on this addictive and potentially dangerous food that’s also harming our planet. You’ll come away armed with the knowledge and passion to make better choices about what we do to our bodies.

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