I eliminated one type of food from my diet for 12 months — the changes have been huge It's been almost exactly 12 months since I decided to stop eating ultra-processed food, as well as added refined sugar.
Far from feeling that I'm restricted in what I eat or depriving myself of enjoying food, I have actually massively broadened the range of foods I eat and I'm finding the process rewarding and informative.
More calculated and cyncial, however, are the many ways that the world's major packaged food producers have developed to make us eat more of it.
These range from the clever marketing and dubious health claims on packaging to the hyper-palatable nature of the food, which makes us want to eat more and more of it.
The way we buy food, our busy lives and our squeezed budgets all heavily influence how we shop and eat and it's totally understandable.
