Should we eat ultra-processed food?

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Do you eat much ultra-processed food, Pippa, or do you try to avoid it? I used to eat a lot of ultra-processed foods and now I try to cook everything myself and not eat things like chocolate and snacks all day. How about you? I think the same. I try to cook things using just your normal ingredients just so you know what's gone into it.

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In this episode we'll be discussing ultra-processed food as well as learning some useful new vocabulary. And remember, there's also a quiz and worksheet available on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.

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But now I have a question for you, Pippa. Fizzy drinks like cola and lemonade are another example of popular ultra-processed foods. But when were fizzy drinks invented? Was it A. 1772, B. 1872 or C. 1972?

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That's my guilty pleasure. Ultra processed foods like ready meals are convenient. A ready meal is a meal from a supermarket that has already been prepared and can be heated up quickly in a microwave. That's a lot quicker and easier than cooking from scratch. An idiom meaning to do something from the very beginning without using anything that's already been made.

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Even though ultra-processed foods are often unhealthy, they taste good. That's why Annabelle calls chocolate her guilty pleasure. A guilty pleasure is something you enjoy, but think you shouldn't and feel a little embarrassed about.

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Annabelle replies using the phrase everything in moderation, which advises us that it's best to avoid too much of anything.

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That sounds sensible to me, and it also means I won't feel bad about eating chocolate now and then. Okay, Pippa, it's time to reveal the answer to my question. Now, I asked you when fizzy drinks were invented. You said 1872. I'm afraid the correct answer was 1772. Apparently carbonated water was used to try to prevent scurvy on sea voyages.

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Wow, that is amazing. I wouldn't have thought it was that long ago. Right, let's recap the vocabulary we've learned, starting with ready meal, a meal from a supermarket that has already been prepared so you can heat it up quickly. If you do something from scratch, you do it from the very beginning without using anything that's already been made. A guilty pleasure is something you enjoy but feel guilty or embarrassed about because you think you shouldn't do it.