sigrid gibson

man (men and women) cannot live by bread alone

[sigrid gibson @SigridGibson]

@livinghealthy @Rob_Percival_ Journalists can be just as guilty of bias . Ad hominem attacks are just lazy. Good journalism engages with the issues and in this case the scientists are making valid points that the UPF classification concept is not as soundly based as existing guidelines on HFSS foods.

[sigrid gibson @SigridGibson]

@Pl4ntbased @DrFedeAmati Sanity here

[Dr Anna Borek @Pl4ntbased]

👩‍🦰💬This is a textbook example of where UPF (ultra-processed food) hysteria can take us.

@DrFedeAmati recommends food swaps that would add an extra 43 pounds to a single shopping trip – all in the name of a “healthier” picnic. This is orthorexic thinking aimed at the worried well, not serious, evidence-based advice for improving public health through better nutrition.

Her fixation on UPFs – a vague, often incoherent category – leads to nutritionally worse choices.

Take her suggestion to swap a wholemeal loaf for a sourdough ciabbatin.

She criticizes the wholemeal bread for containing palm oil and a trace amount of saturated fat. But this is misleading: it contains just 0.1g of saturated fat per slice – a nutritionally insignificant amount. She also raises concerns about tiny quantities of preservatives and emulsifiers, but these appear after yeast and salt in the ingredient list – meaning they’re present in negligible amounts. As the saying goes, “the dose makes the poison.”

Meanwhile, her supposedly healthier alternative – a sourdough-style ciabatta – contains no wholegrains, less fibre, and more salt and saturated fat per slice.

Wholegrain sliced bread is consistently linked to good health outcomes. There’s no need to panic over a few regulated additives when the overall nutritional profile is strong. Swapping a fibre-rich, wholegrain loaf with minimal additives for a white bread with worse nutrition, simply to avoid the “UPF” label, isn’t just unnecessary – it may be actively harmful.

[sigrid gibson @SigridGibson]

@DavidMencer @IsabelOakeshott and I thought you had something sensible to say, Isabelle, but you just repost Netanyahu without comment . Are you agreeing with his hubris over prosecuting forced displacement and collective punishment of civilians who have no chance to vote ?

[sigrid gibson @SigridGibson]

@camhigby this is old footage from last november

[sigrid gibson @SigridGibson]

@SimonMagus @RD_Catherine Not difficult if you count every ingredient , especially all those wonderful veg extracts in my UPFs ! Stock cubes, packaged seeded bread, multi veg pasta sauce.. But my life doesn’t revolve around counting them ..

[sigrid gibson @SigridGibson]

@FitnessMamma @iluminatibot . Before they rolled out the vaccine people were becoming seriously ill and dying in droves . It’s a verifiable truth that vaccines saved mamy lives and may have shortened the pandemic, which could have gone on to take 1-5% of the world population

[sigrid gibson @SigridGibson]

@Alphafox78 cows stomach with part-digested grass? Looks like what i saw in rural Kenya 40 yrs ago

[sigrid gibson @SigridGibson]

Interesting Cambridge study that is ongoing about how gullible vs distrustful people are . .. takes 2 mins.
Test your misinformation susceptibility now! What is #YourMIST? 🧐 https://t.co/sleG6twlGM #misinformation #fakenews

[sigrid gibson @SigridGibson]

@ggkuhnle @ScepticalDoctor The answer of course is because it comes in sophisticated packaging and is produced and marketed by wicked capitalist multinational companies (LOL) …

[sigrid gibson @SigridGibson]

@GeraldObidile @VisionaryVoid @fasc1nate or Jonah ? who was in the stomach
of a sea creature for 3 days

[sigrid gibson @SigridGibson]

@RoodenburgA @martijnkatan @fordeycee @EUFIC That sounds interesting . Might help understand if there is any substance to the concept of processing being the issue. How have you stripped out other obvious nutrition composition explanations?

[sigrid gibson @SigridGibson]

@livinghealthy @Rob_Percival_ Journalists can be just as guilty of bias . Ad hominem attacks are just lazy. Good journalism engages with the issues and in this case the scientists are making valid points that the UPF classification concept is not as soundly based as existing guidelines on HFSS foods.

[sigrid gibson @SigridGibson]

@ggkuhnle He missed Brain needs sugar ..

[sigrid gibson @SigridGibson]

@ggkuhnle @Join_ZOE and the most important question : how good is the evidence about benefit of cutting out UPF? One RCT ..on 2O people in lab conditions. There are also risks of obsessive eating patterns that have not been properly acknowledged

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

I think this article officially marks Ultra-Processed Foods™️ graduation into full-blown pseudoscience.

Not sure if my fave is

“A red flag for UPF is if it’s made by a multinational company”

or

“Plain salted crisps are not UPFs but flavoured ones are”

https://t.co/mfBGQppyvw

[sigrid gibson @SigridGibson]

@ggkuhnle ...or having a book or personalised program to sell?
Shouldn't we be paying more attention to whether science is well done and correct in its conclusions, rather than who funds it?

[sigrid gibson @SigridGibson]

@SusanMcLaren7 @timspector There's nothing wrong with frozen veg. Its often as or more nutritious has less wastage and is cheaper..

[sigrid gibson @SigridGibson]

@1honestmoxie @Pat593346821 @P_McCulloughMD @zoeharcombe Happy to pass on the following links:
1) BNF position statement
https://t.co/D1u3Bk1v99
1) BDA statement https://t.co/V5KhYR31Dh
2)Paper by Valicente et al. (critical review of mechanisms) https://t.co/GSb2spblZQ

[sigrid gibson @SigridGibson]

@Pat593346821 @P_McCulloughMD @zoeharcombe This is rubbish selling itself as cure !