This Is the Way Out of Our Ultraprocessed Dystopia

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> By Julia Belluz
>
> Ms. Belluz is a contributing Opinion writer covering health, nutrition an=
d
> chronic illness.
>
> Excerpt - When Bryce Martinez started feeling an aching around his heart,
> he thought it might be an asthma attack. But at the school nurse=E2=80=99=
s office,
> his blood pressure was found to be so high that he was rushed to the
> emergency room. There, doctors diagnosed him with Type 2 diabetes and fat=
ty
> liver disease.
>
> Bryce, then 16, was bewildered. He=E2=80=99d developed obesity early in c=
hildhood,
> but until that chest pain, had no other sign anything was wrong with his
> health. He hadn=E2=80=99t even realized kids could get Type 2 diabetes.
>
> Back home, he searched online for information about his illnesses,
> devouring news articles and videos. He learned that American children liv=
e
> in dysfunctional food environments, where the least healthy options tend =
to
> be the most affordable and accessible. That as parents took on more worki=
ng
> hours, there was less time for cooking than in previous generations. That
> food companies filled the gap with convenient, ultraprocessed food,
> containing industrially manipulated ingredients that you wouldn=E2=80=99t=
 find in
> home cooking. That these foods are often full of salt, sugar, fat and
> additives. Bryce was shocked that regulators didn=E2=80=99t vet all food =
additives
> for health and safety, and that companies could slap healthy labels on
> nutrient-bankrupt junk.
>
> I know this impasse intimately. I=E2=80=99ve written about chronic diseas=
e and
> food for over a decade. When people ask how we can fix the food system, I
> usually answer with some version of: demand change at every level you can=
 =E2=80=94
> school, workplace, city, country. But, if I=E2=80=99m honest, the fight h=
as often
> felt hopeless when I think of the lobbying power of *the $10 trillion
> global food and beverage industry.*
>
> Philip Morris purchased Kraft in 1988, and a little earlier, R.J. Reynold=
s
> acquired major food brands and merged with Nabisco. The tobacco documents
> show that cigarette companies applied their knowledge about flavor
> optimization, youth marketing and brain chemistry to ultraprocessed foods=
 *in
> order to increase profits.*
>
> full article -
>
> *https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/opinion/ultraprocessed-food-lawsuit.h=
tml
> <https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/opinion/ultraprocessed-food-lawsuit.h=
tml>*
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,times,serif;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant=
-caps:inherit;font-weight:inherit;background-color:transparent">When Bryce =
Martinez started feeling an aching around his heart, he thought it might be=
 an asthma attack. But at the school nurse=E2=80=99s office, his blood pres=
sure was found to be so high that he was rushed to the emergency room. Ther=
e, doctors diagnosed him with Type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease.</spa=
n></font></p><p style=3D"font-weight:inherit;outline:rgba(0,0,0,0) solid 1.=
81818px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-v=
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mily:nyt-imperial,georgia,&quot;times new roman&quot;,times,serif;font-size=
-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical=
-align:baseline;border:0px;margin:0px 0px 0.9375rem;padding:0px;color:rgb(5=
4,54,54);width:600px;max-width:100%"><font size=3D"4">Bryce, then 16, was b=
ewildered. He=E2=80=99d developed obesity early in childhood, but until tha=
t chest pain, had no other sign anything was wrong with his health. He hadn=
=E2=80=99t even realized kids could get Type 2 diabetes.</font></p><p style=
=3D"font-weight:inherit;outline:rgba(0,0,0,0) solid 1.81818px;font-variant-=
numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inh=
erit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.875rem;font-family:nyt-imperial,geo=
rgia,&quot;times new roman&quot;,times,serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-=
kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;borde=
r:0px;margin:0px 0px 0.9375rem;padding:0px;color:rgb(54,54,54);width:600px;=
max-width:100%"><font size=3D"4">Back home, he searched online for informat=
ion about his illnesses, devouring news articles and videos. He learned tha=
t American children live in dysfunctional food environments, where the leas=
t healthy options tend to be the most affordable and accessible. That as pa=
rents took on more working hours, there was less time for cooking than in p=
revious generations. That food companies filled the gap with convenient,<sp=
an style=3D"outline:rgba(0,0,0,0) solid 1.81818px;font-style:inherit;font-v=
ariant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit=
;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-fea=
ture-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px;margin:0px;padding=
:0px;white-space:pre-wrap">  </span>ultraprocessed food, containing industr=
ially manipulated ingredients that you wouldn=E2=80=99t find in home cookin=
g. That these foods are often full of salt, sugar, fat and additives. Bryce=
 was shocked that regulators didn=E2=80=99t vet all food additives for heal=
th and safety, and that companies could slap healthy labels on nutrient-ban=
krupt junk.</font></p><p style=3D"outline:rgba(0,0,0,0) solid 1.81818px;fon=
t-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alte=
rnates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.875rem;font-family:nyt-im=
perial,georgia,&quot;times new roman&quot;,times,serif;font-size-adjust:inh=
erit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:base=
line;border:0px;margin:0px 0px 0.9375rem;padding:0px;color:rgb(54,54,54);wi=
dth:600px;max-width:100%"><span style=3D"font-size:20px"><span style=3D"fon=
t-weight:inherit">I know this impasse intimately. I=E2=80=99ve written abou=
t chronic disease and food for over a decade. When people ask how we can fi=
x the food system, I usually answer with some version of: demand change at =
every level you can =E2=80=94 school, workplace, city, country. But, if I=
=E2=80=99m honest, the fight has often felt hopeless when I think of the lo=
bbying power of </span><b>the $10 trillion global food and beverage industr=
y.</b></span><span style=3D"font-weight:inherit"><font size=3D"4"></font></=
span></p><p style=3D"outline:rgba(0,0,0,0) solid 1.81818px;font-variant-num=
eric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inheri=
t;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.875rem;font-family:nyt-imperial,georgi=
a,&quot;times new roman&quot;,times,serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-ker=
ning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;border:0=
px;margin:0px 0px 0.9375rem;padding:0px;color:rgb(54,54,54);width:600px;max=
-width:100%"><span style=3D"font-size:20px">Philip Morris purchased Kraft i=
n 1988, and a little earlier, R.J. Reynolds acquired major food brands and =
merged with Nabisco. The tobacco documents show that cigarette companies ap=
plied their knowledge about flavor optimization, youth marketing and brain =
chemistry to ultraprocessed foods <b>in order to increase profits.</b></spa=
n><span style=3D"font-size:20px"><b></b></span></p><p style=3D"font-weight:=
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