Ultraprocessed Foods: How Bad Could They Be?

Chasing Life

CNN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.4 • 7.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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We’ve all heard that so-called “ultraprocessed” foods aren’t great for us—but why? It turns out scientists are still trying to figure that out. Dr. Sanjay Gupta sits down with his friend and colleague, CNN’s Meg Tirrell, to talk about her recent visit to the National Institutes of Health, where researchers are studying the effects of these foods in ways that could shape future food policy and change how we shop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Meg Terrell. How are you doing? Oh, you know, good. How are the kids?
0:05.3	They're healthy right now, which is amazing for cold and flu season. Just waiting for the next thing to hit.
0:12.9	Today I'm sitting down with my colleague and my friend, CNN medical correspondent Meg Terrell.
0:19.1	CNN's Meg Terrell joins us now.
0:22.2	CNN's Meg Terrell spoke to him. Senas Meg Terrell is tracking this one.
0:24.4	You know, Meg is a really talented journalist.
0:27.3	She writes, she's on TV all the time,
0:29.6	she's guest hosted a few episodes of this podcast.
0:32.4	But as you just heard,
0:34.0	Meg's other full-time job, more important job, is mom, to two young boys.
0:40.4	How much do you think about their diet?
0:44.0	It's kind of a balance for me between letting my anxiety take over about what they're not
0:47.8	eating and all the nutrients I'm worried they're not getting and just making sure they
0:50.8	get enough calories.
0:52.6	Like all great reporters, Meg lets her personal curiosity lead the way.
0:57.7	And lately, she's been doing some deep dives on something we see all around us,
1:01.6	but definitely don't know enough about.
1:04.0	Ultra processed foods.
1:06.4	Like, how are you supposed to figure out, like, what's healthy to eat?
1:09.2	Are you supposed to avoid 70% of foods in our food system?
1:16.4	Now I do want to point out that ultra-processed foods contain ingredients that you would
1:20.3	not typically find in your kitchen.
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