Food for thought

Benjamin Mateus, MD had another excellent article concerning public health. He summarized a 3-part Lancet series about ultra-processed foods (UPF).

Let me summarize a long article too succinctly. UPF is bad for you but great for the corporations that shove it down our throats due to taking over 60% of a grocery store’s shelf space. The constituent ingredients of UPF are cheap and dangerous to our gut biome.

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/12/13/desm-d13.html

Well worth the time to read!

Again, the article you should read.