> “Ultra-processed foods often carry chemicals like phthalates, BPA and acrylamides, which can leach from packaging or even from the plastic machinery used during processing,” says co-author Angelina Baric, a graduate student in the Department of Kinesiology.

> “These compounds are known to disrupt hormones, and that may be part of why we’re seeing a link."

Reminds me of The Plastic Detox on Netflix.

Bread qualifies as an ultraprocessed food. Perhaps we could pick a better (more useful) way of defining this so people can take reasonable actions. as it stands “ultra possessed” is not useful or actionable.

Bread is not an ultra-processed food, though it is a processed food.

Wonderbread, on the other hand, is an ultra-processed food. And classified as cake in some European countries.

It absolutely is.

Go to the supermarket, only buy things with one ingredient. Eat those.

You’re doing pretty good.