Youre probably sick of hearing the phrase.
I was like you once (again, last week).
And yet, were gobbling them up like Pacman.
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All of this food that I thought I was eating, was actually, lo and behold, eatingme.
But first: what is a UPF and why are they so bad?
And why are these unhealthy?
All very interesting, of course, but what does this mean in practical terms?
All you have to do isnoteat loads of gummy bears and American cheese.
Hardly difficult for a health-conscious woman such as myself.
Oh, how wrong I was.
The first three days were particularly hard.
No sliced bread or oatmeal.
No packaged sandwiches from the bodega on my lunch break or chocolate rice cakes for that afternoon kick.
Which, in a roundabout way, she was.
kindly, can I have one of your chewy vitamin supplements?
Lunches were tricky because its just not convenient to constantly bring packed lunches to work.
One thing I also started to notice around this time was improved sleep.
The main change, though, by day seven, was how Id started tothinkabout food.
Packaged biscuits started to look like little discs of…
I dont know what.
Not to be a snob about it, thoughIm obviously going tohave a biscuit.
But will I return to mainlining gummy bears with the same gusto?
Its not quite as fun when you know they share an ingredient with insecticides.
