Ultra Processed People

Lessons from 3 Nutrition Books Worth Reading

The Consistency Project, 16 September 2026. The book comes up at 26 min 22 sec in.

EC works through 10 highlighted quotes from the book. She praises the first half for its science on ultra-processed food and excess consumption as a byproduct of cost-cutting, supplement ineffectiveness (fish vs. fish oil), food addiction mechanisms, and policy questions around industry funding of policymakers. She finds the second half less rigorous—more reliant on animal studies and straying into economics and sustainability outside her expertise. She still recommends reading it but disagrees with the author's suggestion to go cold turkey on ultra-processed foods.

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