Dr. Sarah Ballantyne
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 25 Jul
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Any food can fit into a healthy diet.
Even studies that look at ultra processed foods show there's no health harm from 20% or fewer of our daily calories coming from ultra processed foods.
So even the junkiest of junk food, there can be room for that.
Oh, thank you so much for having me.
So we're in an interesting cultural moment where the diets that are gaining popularity are becoming more and more restrictive.
So people are learning how to cut out more and more foods from their diets.
At the same time as our food supply is becoming more and more refined, three quarters of the food in the grocery store are ultra processed.
Those foods have fewer nutrients, but they're also tastier.
They require less time and energy to prepare.
And they're also cheaper.
I feel like there's a lot of mixed messages coming from diet culture and the wellness community right now.
A lot of fear-based marketing that is muddying the waters.
So people are more confused than they ever have been about what a healthy diet really looks like.
But that messaging goes back to the 70s, I think.
So it's not just that the message now is really murky and confusing.
I think we now have several generations that have been taught more incorrect information about what a healthy diet looks like than correct information about what a healthy diet looks like.
what the best fats and cooking oils are.
Fewer people know how to cook than ever before.
So I think, yes, I think a lot of people are aware that more vegetables is a good thing, but a lot of people are afraid of vegetables as well.
So we have multiple prongs of this problem that are all contributing to the same outcome.
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