Just as artificial sweeteners don’t seem to reduce overall calorie intake or protect against disease (something I’ll come back to), using novel synthetic molecules to make these low-fat versions of mayonnaise, and many other products, doesn’t seem to work. The best independent evidence shows that UPF products like these are strongly associated with weight gain and other diet-related diseases (as we’ll see in the next chapter). Additionally, since the introduction and widespread use of such low-fat products, rates of obesity have continued to rise. This may be because we eat more of these
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