The NOVA food classification system defines processed vs ultra-processed foods as summarized in this slide:

Americans 🇺🇸 have developed a taste for high concentrations of the 3 nutrients of concern. If I were starting a dietetics practice right now, I would focus on helping folks develop a taste for moderation / lower concentrations. It’s reasonable to expect food should taste good.

I find the Citizens Petition submitted by @davidakesslermd.bsky.social useful for fine tuning. Questioning the regulatory status of specific Processed Refined Carbohydrates is brilliant. Certain PCRs are markers of #UPF. Others combinewith other indicators (e.g., emulsifiers or stabilizers).

Your observations are spot on. I lived and cooked for many years in Garches, a suburb west of Paris. It’s a different food culture. But not impossible to implement here where I live in the Hudson Valley. Congratulations on the book! Clear, concise, engaging, informative. I’m about half way through.

Nice quote: “Politics involves genuine relationships with people who are genuinely other people, not tasks set for our redemption or objects for our philanthropy.”

So happy to hear you say that. I don’t get Citizens Cane either!

worried about protein when you're going veg? here's my very first BuzzFeed list: 21 meals with tons of protein and no meat

(it went viral! it was an exciting weekend for me.)

tasty.co/article/deen...

or, try something a bit more dramatic and join me in not eating meat.
qz.com/519360/there...

👍😊👏🎯 YES = Food & Nutrition can stand on their own.

Thats why the latest trend I’m seeing is a rebranding - Food is Health