208 - Ultra-processed food unwrapped with Henry Dimbleby

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast

Dr Louise Newson

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Medicine

4.8 • 798 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Henry Dimbleby, co-founder of Leon, food campaigner and writer, joins the podcast this week to talk about the dangers of a diet high in ultra-processed foods – that is, foods with a long list of ingredients such as preservatives and emulsifiers not typically found in home cooking. While convenient, ultra-processed foods such as breakfast cereals and mass-produced breads do not fill us up, encourage us to eat more and contribute to weight gain, Henry says. ‘Food is by far the biggest thing making us sick,’ he says. In this episode, Henry talks to Dr Louise about breaking the ultra-processed food cycle, ignoring calories and eating more food cooked from scratch. They also discuss his new book Ravenous, which looks at how to eat in a way that is better for you and the planet. Henry’s three tips: Exercise has huge benefits for your health, so find an enjoyable form. Don’t think about it as being for weight loss, but for other health benefits. Cook from scratch as much as you can and include lots of fibrous green veg and pulses in your dishes. Try and reduce ultra-processed, plastic-wrapped food packed with mystery ingredients in your diet. Getting rid of breakfast cereals is a good place to start. Find out more about Henry’s work here and follow him on Twitter @HenryDimbleby

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Dr. Louise Newsome and welcome to my podcast. I'm a GP and menopause specialist and I run the Newsome Health Menopause and Wellbeing Centre here in Stratford-Bron-Avon. I'm also the founder of the Menopause charity and the Menopause support app called Balance.
0:29.9	On the podcast, I will be joined each week by an exciting guest to help provide evidence-based
0:36.5	information and advice about both the perimenopause and the
0:40.9	menopause. So today in the studio I've got someone who I've been stalking from afar for many
0:50.2	years, but he won't realize, like quite a few people, I managed to hoik onto the studio
0:54.9	to talk with me. So Henry Dimbleby is someone who has, I think, transformed the way a lot of
1:00.8	people think about food, especially food that we get on the go. I first was aware of him when I went
1:06.6	to a Leon restaurant many, many years ago in Camden. And I just thought, wow, I don't feel hungry
1:13.6	half an hour later. Whereas I've always tried to be eating haughtily, but when you're on the go,
1:18.3	it can be quite difficult. And I just didn't think about food for the rest of the day. And I thought,
1:23.0	this is weird. I've had some sort of superfood green salad from a very quick restaurant and it's done the job.
1:29.6	And so then I found out more and more and more, being a bit obsessed with what he's done, not just
1:34.5	with Leon, but with just general about food. And then his new books recently come out and I was
1:40.1	reading about it in the paper. I said to my husband, I need to get hold of him because I
1:44.1	just want to talk to him more about food. And here he is. So very excited, Henry. Thanks ever so much
1:48.8	for joining me today. Thank you for asking me. It's great to be here. So if I wasn't doing
1:54.4	menopause, which takes up 110% of my life, I would be doing something with nutrition. As a doctor with a pathology degree,
2:02.6	I had no training about the menopause. You'll be unsurprised to hear. But I also had very
2:06.7	little training about nutrition. I knew about the food groups, but that was all really. And it's
2:12.1	only what I've taught myself, actually. I had pancreatitis a few years ago and was really ill.
2:17.3	And I really adjusted my food
2:19.5	to try and optimise my future health and I get migraines. So it's a double whammy. If I eat
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