This week, Eve looks at the latest big bad wolf of the nutrition world: Ultra-processed food. A host of a claims have been made about the products – like ready meals, cereals and supermarket bread – over the past few months, including that it’s addictive and to blame for the nation’s obesity problem.

But Gunter Kuhnle, Professor of nutrition at Reading University, says the vilification of these types of foods is unjustified. In fact, he says, if you only ate processed food, you could be perfectly healthy. But Rob Percival, food policy expert from the Soil Association, disagrees, and explains why he thinks some of Britain’s best-loved meals are making us ill.

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This week, Eve looks at the latest big bad wolf of the nutrition world: Ultra-processed food. A host of a claims have been made about the products – like ready meals, cereals and supermarket bread – over the past few months, including that it’s addictive and to blame for the nation’s obesity problem.
But Gunter Kuhnle, Professor of nutrition at Reading University, says the vilification of these types of foods is unjustified. In fact, he says, if you only ate processed food, you could be perfectly healthy. But Rob Percival, food policy expert from the Soil Association, disagrees, and explains why he thinks some of Britain’s best-loved meals are making us ill.
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Medical Minefield is a new health podcast where we talk about the ethical dilemmas at the heart of the health stories that matter the most. Join Barney Calman, the Mail on Sunday's health editor and deputy Health Editor Eve Simmons every week for a podcast tackling the big questions in health. 

Medical Minefield is a new health podcast where we talk about the ethical dilemmas at the heart of the health stories that matter the most. Join Barney Calman, the Mail on Sunday's health editor and deputy Health Editor Eve Simmons every week for a podcast tackling the big questions in health.&nbsp;

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