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Your wholemeal bread is an ultra processed food. So is most shop-bought hummus, a lot of baked beans, and nearly every protein bar in the country. If that sounds mad to you, that’s the problem with how this has been reported. UPFs have gone from a research classification nobody had heard of to the thing everyone’s frightened of, and somewhere in the middle a lot of nonsense got attached to it. So this week I go through what the evidence actually says, what it doesn’t, and where the headlines have run well ahead of the research. No scaremongering, no clean eating sermon, and no telling you to make your own bread. In this episode: What ultra processed actually means, and why the definition catches foods you’d never expect Where the panic came from, and why the classification was never designed to do the job it’s being used for The difference between “linked to” and “causes”, and why nearly every scary headline you’ve read relies on you not knowing it The one study people quote constantly, what it genuinely showed, and what it didn’t Why the processing probably isn’t the thing doing the damage The foods on the list that are perfectly fine, and the ones genuinely worth cutting back What to actually do with your weekly shop on Monday morning Instagram: @paulthenutritionist.
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This week we're getting into the weeds of Sports Nutrition... whether you or you're child is a professional, semi professional or grass roots athlete... In this episode you'll learn: Why most amateur athletes aren't unfit, they're under-fuelled, and why late-game mistakes are often a fuelling problem What to eat before a morning, afternoon and evening event, and the snack that actually fuels an evening game When you need carbohydrate during sport, and when water is plenty The gap between school lunch and after-school training, and the one change that makes the biggest difference for young athletes Why you should never restrict a young athlete's food, and the warning signs worth taking to a GP Caffeine: why it's overused, why match-day adrenaline usually covers it, and when a half-time dose makes sense The energy drink ban for under-16s coming in April 2027, and why Why recovery is where you actually get fitter, and whether the thirty minute window is real The Northumbria University chocolate milk study, what it found, and what it didn't What to eat after a match, a long run, a gym session, an evening game and a kids' tournament