Is ALL cooking “ultra-processed” food?

From Adam Ragusea.

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Recent Nature report summarizing Trump cuts to public science: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01295-6

2025 meta-analysis on the excess deaths caused by ultra-processed foods: https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(25)00072-8/fulltext

2024 study on milkshake-induced dopamine spikes: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11302720/

2010 paper defining ultra-processed foods: https://www.scielo.br/j/csp/a/fQWy8tBbJkMFhGq6gPzsGkb/?lang=en