Real Food vs. Ultra-Processed Food - Ask a Nutritionist

Dishing Up Nutrition

Nutritional Weight & Wellness, Inc.

Nutrition, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Education, Health & Fitness:nutrition

4 • 818 Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Here on Dishing Up Nutrition, you may hear us use the terms "real food" and "ultra-processed food." But what's the difference, and how can you tell? In today's episode, our registered and licensed dietician Britni Vincent explains the distinctions between these two types of foods, why the differences matter, and provides practical advice on incorporating more real food into one's diet. She also emphasizes the importance of choosing whole, minimally processed foods for better health and provides examples and tips for identifying and preparing real food.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition's Ask a Nutritionist podcast brought to by Nutrition
0:14.8	Weight and Wellness.
0:15.7	I am Brittany Vincent, a registered and licensed dietitian.
0:19.3	We are thrilled to be celebrating 20 years on air
0:22.5	discussing the connection between what you eat and how you feel while sharing practical,
0:29.3	real-life solutions for healthier living through balanced nutrition. We want to thank you so
0:34.5	much for your listenership and support over the years.
0:44.8	We received a question from one of our Dishing Up Nutrition listeners, and the question today is, what is the difference between real food and ultra processed food?
0:50.7	Whether you are a longtime listener or brand new to us, you have heard about our message of eating real food, I'm sure.
0:57.7	And you may be wondering, like this listener, what do we mean by that?
1:01.5	So I want to spend some time explaining the difference between real food and ultra-processed food.
1:07.4	And why it matters.
1:09.4	The reality is, in today's fast-paced world, our food choices often come down to convenience
1:15.8	over nutrition quality.
1:18.0	On one side, we have real food, full, minimally processed items that are as close to their
1:24.3	natural state as possible.
1:26.8	Usually these are only one ingredient foods and don't even need a nutrition label.
1:32.1	Think foods that you get straight out of a farmer's field and not a processing plant.
1:37.4	On the other side, there's ultra-processed food industrial formulations with a long list of ingredients you can barely pronounce.
1:47.3	In today's world, we're not all able to live on a farm and grow our own food, unfortunately.
1:53.8	Often we're busy with careers and family and the never-ending to-do list.
2:06.3	So there has to be a happy medium here that works in our modern lives.
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