{"id":435611,"date":"2026-02-20T06:20:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T06:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/435611\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T06:20:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T06:20:29","slug":"i-gave-up-ultra-processed-food-for-a-week-heres-what-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/435611\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I gave up ultra-processed food for a week, here&#8217;s what happened&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There&#8217;s a happy medium, suggests <a href=\"https:\/\/nicsnutrition.com\/about-me\/\" class=\"ssrcss-15td0ur-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dietitian Nichola Ludlam-Raine, external<\/a>, author of How Not to Eat Ultra-Processed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;UPFs come on a spectrum of health. We should focus on including more nutrient-rich foods such as fruit, vegetables, legumes, whole grains and protein sources that promote beneficial effects on our physical and mental health approximately 80% of the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Then, 20% of the time, we can include less nutrient-dense foods such as biscuits, cakes, ice creams and chocolate bars, which provide energy and can also benefit our mental wellbeing by providing a sense of enjoyment and balance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Originally published July 2024. Updated January 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There&#8217;s a happy medium, suggests dietitian Nichola Ludlam-Raine, external, author of How Not to Eat Ultra-Processed. &#8220;UPFs come&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[102,6636,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-435611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nutrition","tag-health","tag-nutrition","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}