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Minor Issues: Taking a stand against ultra-processed food

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Food produced by large corporations contains cheap ingredients and chemicals that hack our brains, inducing us to eat more.

Food produced by large corporations contains cheap ingredients and chemicals that hack our brains, inducing us to eat more.

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SINGAPORE – Imagine eating only fast food and highly processed food for a whole month. What would it do to your body?

Chris van Tulleken, an associate professor at University College London and practising infectious diseases doctor, conducted a four-week experiment on himself, under the watchful eyes of one of Britain’s top obesity experts.

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