https://www.scmp.com/rss/324049/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com For many years, I’ve steadfastly clung to a position for which there has been almost no evidence: processed food is the root of obesity. This doesn’t mean that processed food is the sole cause. There’s also the ubiquity of food, changing social mores and what is probably a more sedentary lifestyle (though evidence for that, too, is surprisingly hard to come by). It also doesn’t mean that all processed food is bad. Whole-grain bread and cereal are excellent, and there are good versions of such... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3020150/why-processed-food-makes-people-fat-calorie-density-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3020150/why-processed-food-makes-people-fat-calorie-density-and?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 Jul 2019 12:00:06 +0000 In the past two decades, one piece of diet advice has remained consistent: eat more whole plant foods. More vegetables and fruits, more legumes and grains, more tubers and roots. There has been, from recollection, only one notable exception, and it is the beleaguered potato. Eat more plants – just not potatoes. Why? One word: starch. Starch is made up of molecules of glucose, a simple sugar, which our cells can use as fuel with very little processing from our bodies. It goes right to the... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health/article/2071824/potatoes-get-bad-rap-when-it-comes-nutrition-it-deserved?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health/article/2071824/potatoes-get-bad-rap-when-it-comes-nutrition-it-deserved?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 19 Feb 2017 09:03:41 +0000