
ZOE Science & Nutrition
The science behind food that isn’t food, why you love it and why you should not fear it all | Prof Tim Spector & Prof Sarah Berry
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10 Sept 2026 · 1h 13m
Nutrition basicsMetabolism & fasting
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Are some of your "healthy" foods actually high-risk ultra-processed foods? For decades, nutrition advice seemed relatively straightforward. Eat less sugar. Less salt. Less saturated fat. Then it all fell apart. In today’s episode, we examine the research that has forced us to rethink what makes food harmful in the first place. Two of the world’s leading nutrition scientists, Professor Tim Spector and Professor Sarah Berry, tell their own story of why they’ve changed their minds about it. We expl