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Podcast: ACSH Science Dispatch
Episode: 'Ultra-Processed' Food Isn't Driving A Disease Epidemic
Description: In a strange turn of events, The Lancet—one of the world's oldest medical journals—has taken a line you might expect to hear from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., declaring "ultra-processed" food a driver of chronic disease. Is there any evidence behind this association, or are we just dealing with academic snobs who can't appreciate the benefits of convenient, abundant food?