{"id":100584,"date":"2026-04-09T09:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T16:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/?p=100584"},"modified":"2026-04-09T06:18:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:18:19","slug":"food-processing-industry-cant-ignore-the-science-ultraprocessed-foods-are-killing-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/doctrine\/food-processing-industry-cant-ignore-the-science-ultraprocessed-foods-are-killing-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Processing industry &#8216;Can\u2019t Ignore the Science: Ultraprocessed Foods Are Killing Us&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Walmart_Wenatchee.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-98270 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Walmart_Wenatchee.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"328\" height=\"247\" \/><\/a><em>Aisle of Ultraprocessed Foods at Walmart<\/em><br \/>\n<em>(Photo by <span class=\"mw-mmv-source-author\"><span class=\"mw-mmv-author\"><a title=\"User:ThayneT\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/User:ThayneT\">Thayne Tuason<\/a><\/span> <\/span> via Wikipedia)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/cogwriter.htm\">COGwriter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ultraprocessed foods are an issue that more are realizing can cause health problems:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"chd-defender-article__title\">Even Big Food Can\u2019t Ignore the Science: Ultraprocessed Foods Are Killing Us<\/h2>\n<p>April 8, 2026<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re reading this, chances are you already try to avoid <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/30744710\/\">ultraprocessed foods<\/a> (UPFs), recognizing UPFs contain ingredients you wouldn\u2019t want in your own <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC11745511\/\">kitchen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But many of your friends, family and wider networks may not be in the same place \u2014 and crucially, may still believe that the science is \u201cuncertain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s because <a href=\"https:\/\/childrenshealthdefense.org\/defender_category\/toxic-exposures\/big-food\/\">Big Food<\/a> has spent many years trying to defend its position to use these ingredients and has ploughed vast sums into research and marketing, a chunk of which has been used to justify its position.<\/p>\n<p>But that position is increasingly hard to defend \u2014 as we aim to show in this article, using some of the most prominent systematic reviews and meta-analyses published in mainstream, high-impact scientific journals.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, there are valid criticisms of the NOVA classification system for UPFs, including heterogeneity within categories and the failure to distinguish beneficial processes such as fermentation (<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/38418082\/\">Lane et al.<\/a>, 2024; <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/40757421\/\">Louie<\/a>, 2025).<\/p>\n<p>But even these critiques acknowledge a consistent pattern: high UPF consumption tracks with worse health outcomes and poorer overall diet quality.<\/p>\n<p>What has changed in the last couple of years is the strength, consistency, and mechanistic depth of the evidence.<\/p>\n<p>That also means that the big journals that have been favoured by the medical industrial complex are now publishing such studies, given the weight of evidence against UPFs is simply too great to deny. These journals don\u2019t want to risk their credibility. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The epidemiology is now overwhelming<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Among the strongest syntheses of evidence to date comes from a systematic review and meta-analysis of 43 observational studies (including nearly 900,000 subjects) examining UPFs and chronic disease outcomes published by Lane et al. (2021) in the peer-reviewed journal, <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/obr.13146\">Obesity Reviews<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The findings were striking:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Higher UPF intake was associated with increased risk of <a href=\"https:\/\/childrenshealthdefense.org\/defender_category\/health-conditions\/obesity\/\">obesity<\/a>, cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes and all-cause mortality.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Associations persisted across populations and study designs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Even allowing for residual confounding, the scale and reproducibility of these findings make dismissal increasingly untenable.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/childrenshealthdefense.org\/defender\/big-food-cant-ignore-science-ultraprocessed-foods-killing-us\/\">https:\/\/childrenshealthdefense.org\/defender\/big-food-cant-ignore-science-ultraprocessed-foods-killing-us\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Let me add that another factor in increasing public awareness, which was not in the article above, has been Health and Human Services Secretary RF Kennedy, Jr. Along with allies in the media and pharmaceutical companies, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/prophecy\/process-food-companies-come-together-to-try-to-counter-rjk-jrs-fda\/\">Process food companies have come together to try to counter RJK Jr\u2019s FDA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ultra-processed foods are highly consumed and are dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Big Food&#8217; is not pleased with &#8220;the science&#8221; that points to health risks associated with the consumption of ultraprocessed foods.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, in the USA, various dietitians reportedly have been saying that obesity and processed foods are good and healthy because they have received money from &#8216;Big Food&#8217; (see <a title=\"Permanent Link to General Mills funded dieticians who try to claim being obese is healthy and that ultra-processed foods are good\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/doctrine\/general-mills-funded-dieticians-who-try-to-claim-being-obese-is-healthy-and-that-ultra-processed-foods-are-good\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">General Mills funded dieticians who try to claim being obese is healthy and that ultra-processed foods are good<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>By the way, for one year I was a member of the American Dietetics Association. I was appalled by its promotion of ultraprocessed foods, radiated foods, and artificial sweetners when I once attended it annual national conference decades ago. I did not renew my membership after that.<\/p>\n<p>Now some good news is that consumption of ultraprocessed foods appears to be dropping:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>February 18, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday at the Consumer Analyst Group of New York (CAGNY) conference, where top U.S. packaged food executives struck a sour tone about persistent consumer softening and unease over elevated food prices.<\/p>\n<p>General Mills CEO Jeff Harmening told the audience at CAGNY that cereal, snacks, and pet food are among the categories taking the biggest hit as <strong>consumers struggle with affordability woes<\/strong>. He said the pressure is being fueled by inflation, reductions in government food benefits, geopolitical uncertainty, and a fragile consumer environment. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Also on Tuesday, General Mills plunged 7% (its biggest drop since May 2022) after cutting its full-year sales outlook. It now expects organic net sales to decline 1.5% to 2%, compared with its prior forecast of down 1% to up 1%.<\/p>\n<p>BNP Paribas analyst Max Gumport told clients CAGNY was &#8220;<strong>one of the most downbeat in recent memory for the packaged food group<\/strong>.&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Beyond a cash-strapped consumer, Gumport also cited the surging use of GLP-1 drugs, intensifying competition from &#8220;disruptor&#8221; brands, and ongoing financial stress as some of the top pressures across the packaged food industry. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/package-food-stocks-sink-after-most-downbeat-consumer-conference-general-mills-guidance\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/package-food-stocks-sink-after-most-downbeat-consumer-conference-general-mills-guidance<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So, partially because of weight loss and partially because various states are no longer willing to subsidize the consumption of certain ultraprocessed foods, sales for the &#8220;packaged food group&#8221; are down.<\/p>\n<p>Well, the consumption of less packaged foods is healthier for most people.<\/p>\n<p>The Apostle Paul wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, (1 Timothy 6:10)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Greed for money, not health, drives much of the food processing industry. Notice the following from last Fall:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2 id=\"maincontent\" class=\"headline__text inline-placeholder vossi-headline-text\" data-editable=\"headlineText\">Scientists criticize food manufacturers for massive profits from sales of unhealthy ultraprocessed food<\/h2>\n<p>November 18, 2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmi53bjor00ct26p8gurm2f7z@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/08\/08\/health\/aha-ultraprocessed-food-guidelines-wellness\">Certain ultraprocessed foods<\/a>, or UPFs, are contributing to worldwide obesity, chronic health conditions and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/04\/28\/health\/ultraprocessed-food-death-wellness\">premature death<\/a>, yet the food industry continues to aggressively market new and existing products in this category for massive profits, according to an unprecedented <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/series-do\/ultra-processed-food\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">three-part series<\/a> authored by 43 global experts in nutrition and supported by the United Nations Children\u2019s Fund, or UNICEF, and the World Health Organization.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmi560zn9000f3b6nh5mp5r0k@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">More than 50% of the $2.9 trillion paid to shareholders by food corporations between 1962 and 2021 \u201cwas distributed by UPF manufacturers alone,\u201d according to research published Tuesday in the leading medical journal The Lancet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmi560zn9000g3b6nq1cjjvvv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\u201cWe found evidence that UPF consumption is increasing everywhere around the world, fueled by powerful global corporations,\u201d said coauthor Carlos Augusto Monteiro, professor emeritus of nutrition and public health in the School of Public Health at Brazil\u2019s University of S\u00e3o Paulo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmi560zn9000h3b6n0f8sc2cs@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\u201cTo keep this business model, which is highly profitable, the industry cannot afford to make minimally processed foods as they did in the past, so they use extensive political lobbying to stop effective public health policies that support healthy eating,\u201d said Monteiro, who coined the term \u201cultraprocessed food\u201d in 2009 when he developed the <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC10261019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NOVA classification system<\/a>, which categorizes foods into four groups by their level of industrial processing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmi560zn9000i3b6n6el0zm2h@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">Companies can \u201cdouble or triple their profits\u201d by turning corn, wheat, beans and other whole foods \u201cinto a colorless and flavorless sawdust which is then reconstructed with artificial flavorings and additives,\u201d said Barry Popkin, the W.R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\u2019s Gillings School of Global Public Health. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/11\/18\/health\/ultraprocessed-industry-profits-wellness\">https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/11\/18\/health\/ultraprocessed-industry-profits-wellness<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Yes, greed is a factor. And yes, the food industry advertises and promotes processed foods.<\/p>\n<p>That said, remember Eve in the Garden:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. (Genesis 3:6)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Eve reasoned around God&#8217;s restriction. The fruit looked like good and desirable food to her. Ultra-processed foods and many unclean meats that God&#8217;s word prohibits look like good and desirable foods to many&#8211;so this is not entirely the fault of the food processing industry.<\/p>\n<p>Self-control is something Christians should have (e.g. 2 Peter 1:6).<\/p>\n<p>Highly-processed junk foods may look good, taste good, and seem convenient, but if consumed at all, should be a very small part of anyone&#8217;s diet.<\/p>\n<p>Yet most in the West deceive themselves that they are not eating too much of them or that they are fine. Plus there is a lot of advertising that promotes them. That brings to mind another warning from the Apostle Paul:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>1 But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, &#8230; 13 &#8230; evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. (2 Timothy 3:1-2,13)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Because the negative effects take time, many are wrongly persuaded by advertisements and availability to eat too much highly processed foods. Many also deceive themselves into falsely believing that they cannot cause serious problems&#8211;yet they can.<\/p>\n<p>The following scripture came to mind:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>11 Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. (Ecclesiastes 8:11)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As far as food processing goes, it really started to become a problem in the 19th century. This is when refined flour came out. Then we saw degerminated corn meal and white rice. Grits, which once were made of ground, whole organic corn, are now made with degerminated GMO corn, &#8216;fortified&#8217; with synthetic vitamins. After corn was &#8216;degerminated&#8217; many people in the Southern USA died from a disease called pellagra. Instead of going back to whole corn, chemically-derived synthetic vitamins were added, which I consider to be dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>In the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century, after natural brown rice became refined on a large scale, white rice became popular. Many preferred white rice because it could be stored longer than natural brown rice, plus it cooked faster.<\/p>\n<p>In the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century, a disease called beriberi began to cause many deaths in parts of Asia. Symptoms of beriberi include weight loss, emotional disturbances, impaired sensory perception, weakness and pain in the limbs, and periods of irregular heart rate.<\/p>\n<p>At first no one connected the consumption of white rice in with beriberi. Leading \u2018infectious disease\u2019 experts attempted to figure out what caused this beriberi outbreak, without success. The real cause was the greatly reduced consumption of B-vitamins that was in the portion of the rice that was refined away\u2014but no one realized this at first.<\/p>\n<p>Now, we have even more highly processed items in the food supply&#8211;and also genetically-modified substances that there is limited data on the possible long-term health consequences of their consumption.<\/p>\n<p>What should you eat? You should eat real food and for most people, at least two or more servings of fruit and three of more servings of vegetables daily, relatively small amounts of meats, whole grains, and olive oil come to mind. Refined grains, sugars (whether natural or artificial), sodas, and GMOs should be highly limited or not consumed at all<\/p>\n<p>The Bible teaches:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>3 You shall not eat any detestable thing. (Deuteronomy 14:3)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Many ultraprocessed foods contain GMOs and potentially toxic chemicals&#8211;hence many truly are detestable.<\/p>\n<p>God&#8217;s word also says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>2 &#8230; Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good (Isaiah 55:2).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>People should try to eat real, not artificial, foods. And if you take vitamins and minerals, take the type whose nutrients are 100% food (which is what I personally do).<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccog.org\/\"><em>Continuing<\/em>\u00a0Church of God<\/a> put out the following sermon on its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/continuingcog\">ContinuingCOG\u00a0<\/a>channel:<\/p>\n<div id=\"contents\" class=\"style-scope ytd-shelf-renderer\">\n<div id=\"scroll-container\" class=\"style-scope yt-horizontal-list-renderer\">\n<div id=\"items\" class=\"style-scope yt-horizontal-list-renderer\">\n<blockquote>\n<div id=\"dismissible\" class=\"style-scope ytd-grid-video-renderer\">\n<div id=\"details\" class=\"style-scope ytd-grid-video-renderer\">\n<div id=\"meta\" class=\"style-scope ytd-grid-video-renderer\">\n<div id=\"contents\" class=\"style-scope ytd-shelf-renderer\">\n<div id=\"scroll-container\" class=\"style-scope yt-horizontal-list-renderer\">\n<div id=\"items\" class=\"style-scope yt-horizontal-list-renderer\">\n<div id=\"dismissible\" class=\"style-scope ytd-grid-video-renderer\">\n<p><a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint inline-block style-scope ytd-thumbnail\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PSXxLtGrt88\" rel=\"null\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"img\" class=\"style-scope yt-img-shadow\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/PSXxLtGrt88\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEcCPYBEIoBSFXyq4qpAw4IARUAAIhCGAFwAcABBg==&amp;rs=AOn4CLCM940nNidPAzVqmvWXBCHYd2HX9g\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"167\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"overlays\" class=\"style-scope ytd-thumbnail\">1:11:59<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"details\" class=\"style-scope ytd-grid-video-renderer\">\n<div id=\"meta\" class=\"style-scope ytd-grid-video-renderer\">\n<h3 class=\"style-scope ytd-grid-video-renderer\"><a id=\"video-title\" class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope ytd-grid-video-renderer\" title=\"Let's Talk About Food\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PSXxLtGrt88\" aria-label=\"Let's Talk About Food by ContinuingCoG 1 hour, 11 minutes No views\">Let\u2019s Talk About Food<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">The Bible says to eat what is good. Does the Bible give any information on what to eat and not eat? What happened in the Garden of Eden? What about Noah? What are clean and unclean animals? Did early Christians avoid biblically-unclean animals? What are some of the health risks associated with eating pork, shellfish, and bats? Are pigs associated with the flu? Could bats have been involved related to the corona virus pandemic? Should humans consume blood? What are enzymes? Can raw foods aid in health? Is the typical US diet deadly? What about processed foods? Is eating refined sugar necessary? How were vitamins discovered? What about United States Pharmacopeia (USP) vs. food vitamins? Are most mineral supplements composed of processed rocks? What about genetically-modified organisms (GMOs)? What about sodas and other beverages? Dr. Thiel addresses these matters and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Here is a link to the sermon:\u00a0<a id=\"video-title\" class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope ytd-grid-video-renderer\" title=\"Let's Talk About Food\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PSXxLtGrt88\" aria-label=\"Let's Talk About Food by ContinuingCoG 1 hour, 11 minutes No views\">Let\u2019s Talk About Food<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to ultra-processed foods, we also now have genetically-modified foods as well as lab grown and other artificial meats&#8211;some of which are evil.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccog.org\/\"><em>Continuing<\/em>\u00a0Church of God<\/a> put out the following sermon on its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/continuingcog\">ContinuingCOG\u00a0<\/a>channel:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint inline-block style-scope ytd-thumbnail\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=W8vao38f17w\" rel=\"null\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"yt-core-image--fill-parent-height yt-core-image--fill-parent-width yt-core-image yt-core-image--content-mode-scale-aspect-fill yt-core-image--loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/W8vao38f17w\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwE2CNACELwBSFXyq4qpAygIARUAAIhCGAFwAcABBvABAfgB_gmAAtAFigIMCAAQARhlIFEoRTAP&amp;rs=AOn4CLD_gNhgylwIGaacuY4YGXtgDdwahQ\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"overlays\" class=\"style-scope ytd-thumbnail\">\n<div id=\"time-status\" class=\"style-scope ytd-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer\"><span id=\"text\" class=\"style-scope ytd-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer\" aria-label=\"1 hour, 7 minutes, 48 seconds\">1:07:48<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"details\" class=\"style-scope ytd-grid-video-renderer\">\n<div id=\"text-metadata\" class=\"style-scope ytd-grid-video-renderer\">\n<div id=\"meta\" class=\"style-scope ytd-grid-video-renderer\">\n<h3 class=\"style-scope ytd-grid-video-renderer\"><a id=\"video-title\" class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope ytd-grid-video-renderer\" title=\"Evil is Affecting the Food Supply\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=W8vao38f17w\" aria-label=\"Evil is Affecting the Food Supply by ContinuingCoG 9 hours ago 1 hour, 7 minutes 86 views\">Evil is Affecting the Food Supply<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>God gave humans food and said what He made was good. What about unclean animals? What about genetically-modified organisms (GMOs)? What about \u2018bioengineered foods\u2019? What about lab meat? What about human-cloned salami? What about \u2018Piggy Sooy\u2019? Are Christians supposed to eat what is good according to Isaiah 55:2? What should we eat? What should Christians avoid eating? Dr. Thiel addresses these matters and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Here is a link to the following:\u00a0<a id=\"video-title\" class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope ytd-grid-video-renderer\" title=\"Evil is Affecting the Food Supply\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=W8vao38f17w\" aria-label=\"Evil is Affecting the Food Supply by ContinuingCoG 9 hours ago 1 hour, 7 minutes 86 views\">Evil is Affecting the Food Supply<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There are personal costs to eating too many things that you should not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>It is nice that some are warning about some of the evils affecting the food supply.<\/p>\n<p><em>Some items of possibly related interest may include:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/health.htm\">Christian Health Matters<\/a> Should Christians be concerned about their health? Does the Bible give any food and health guidelines? Here are links to three related sermons: <a id=\"video-title286\" title=\"Let's Talk About Food\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PSXxLtGrt88\" aria-label=\"Let's Talk About Food by ContinuingCoG 1 hour, 11 minutes No views\">Let&#8217;s Talk About Food<\/a>, <a id=\"video-title315\" title=\"Evil is Affecting the Food Supply\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=W8vao38f17w\" aria-label=\"Evil is Affecting the Food Supply by ContinuingCoG 9 hours ago 1 hour, 7 minutes 86 views\">Evil is Affecting the Food Supply<\/a>, and <a id=\"video-title286\" title=\"Let's Talk About Health\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ahqZG4k5bew\" aria-label=\"Let's Talk About Health by ContinuingCoG 1 hour, 20 minutes 10 views\">Let&#8217;s Talk About Health<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"American foods that gross out foreigners\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kf9fBAcxqXA\" data-sessionlink=\"ved=CPICEL8b&amp;ei=m0fiVcmrF4XTqAXOrLOYAw&amp;feature=c4-feed-u\">American foods that gross out foreigners<\/a> A study done in the Fall of 2014 found out which foods that non-USA Americans considered weird or gross that Americans eat. This video discusses those foods, ingredients in some of those foods, and warns against consuming &#8216;that which is not bread&#8217; (Isaiah 55:2). Dr. Thiel also warns about synthetic vitamins and some of the issues associated with them. He also discusses something promoted by the late Seventh-day Adventist, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/unclnt.htm\">The New Testament Church, History, and Unclean Meats<\/a> Are foods considered to have been unclean in the Old Testament considered to be food in the New Testament? This article discusses this from the perspective of the New Testament. It also has a list of clean and unclean animals. It also answers the question, is pork healthy or is pork dangerous? <span class=\"style5\">There is also a sermon-length video on this: <a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Christians and Unclean Meats\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PgyhEEQz0PY&amp;feature=c4-overview&amp;list=UUOuL5Q2Xi9HZqU6GivhxveQ\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=QL7xUeafH8CRhgHnvIGIBg&amp;feature=c4-overview-u\" data-translation-src=\"\"><span data-original-html=\"Christians and Unclean Meats \">Christians and Unclean Meats<\/span><\/a>; two short videos are also available: <a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Did Jesus declare all animal flesh food?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DdbPI7Bs1AI\" aria-describedby=\"description-id-33092\" data-sessionlink=\"ved=CPUBEL8b&amp;ei=X_sbVuOUMde6qwXy652oDg&amp;feature=c4-feed-u\">Did Jesus declare all animal flesh food?<\/a> and <a id=\"video-title207\" title=\"COVID, Pandemics, and Unclean Meat\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UbDfpWJRi_g\" aria-label=\"COVID, Pandemics, and Unclean Meat by BibleNewsProphecy 4 hours ago 13 minutes, 13 seconds 41 views\">COVID, Pandemics, and Unclean Meat<\/a>.<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/obesity.htm\">Obesity, processed foods, health risks, and the Bible <\/a> Does the Bible warn about the consequences of being obese? Is overeating dangerous? Is gluttony condemned? What diseases are associated with eating too much refined foods?<br \/>\n<a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Eating Right, Eating Too Much, and Prophecy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KuNTKJoApkw\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=H7EoUr7JBciLhgGDiYGoBQ&amp;feature=c4-feed-u&amp;ved=CC8Qvxs\">Eating Right, Eating Too Much, and Prophecy <\/a> Are there disadvantages to being overweight? Is junk food really bad for you? Does the Bible discuss overeating and\/or obesity? Is overeating having an effect on the US military? What are the ramifications of personal and national health for overeating? What should you eat? This is a sermonette-length YouTubevideo.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/gmos-bible-prophecy.htm\">GMOs and Bible Prophecy<\/a> What are GMOs? Since they were not in the food supply until 1994, how could they possibly relate to Bible prophecy? Do GMOs put the USA and others at risk? Here are some related videos: <span data-context-item-title=\"GMO Risks and the Bible\" data-context-item-views=\"18 views\" data-context-item-id=\"4qCRPtHLc24\" data-context-item-time=\"18:52\" data-context-item-user=\"BibleNewsProphecy\" data-context-item-type=\"video\"><a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"GMO Risks and the Bible\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4qCRPtHLc24\" data-sessionlink=\"ved=CB8Q-SUoAA&amp;ei=pNuzUcGtNtKYhgGHrYHYDg&amp;feature=c4-overview-u\">GMO Risks and the Bible<\/a><\/span> and <a id=\"video-title157\" title=\"GMOs, Lab meat, Hydrogenation: Safe or Dangerous?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cz9N6OjW5vY\" aria-label=\"GMOs, Lab meat, Hydrogenation: Safe or Dangerous? by BibleNewsProphecy 8 hours ago 15 minutes 75 views\">GMOs, Lab meat, Hydrogenation: Safe or Dangerous? <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/chimeras.htm\">Chimeras: Has Science Crossed the Line?<\/a> What are chimeras?\u00a0 Has science crossed the line? Does the Bible give any clues? A video of related interest is <a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Half human, half pig: What's the difference?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xJnQ1fREGJU\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=jZnKWKSaH4WQuAKE0av4Cw&amp;feature=c4-feed-u&amp;ved=COEBEKYeIhMI5JSe7Jbb0gIVBQhOCh2E6Aq_KJsc\">Half human, half pig: What&#8217;s the difference?<\/a> \u00a0and <a id=\"video-title232\" title=\"Human-Monkey Embryos and Death\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L6wwcB1tWzU\" aria-label=\"Human-Monkey Embryos and Death by BibleNewsProphecy 5 hours ago 10 minutes, 16 seconds 60 views\">Human-Monkey Embryos and Death<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/ten-simple-rules-health.htm\">Ten Simple Rules that Lead to Health<\/a> Herbert Armstrong gives his opinions on this.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/healing.htm\">Does God Heal Today?<\/a> What does the Bible teach? Herbert Armstrong tries to explain this.<br \/>\n<a title=\"UK Study Supports Daniel Diet\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/doctrine\/uk-study-supports-daniel-diet\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">UK Study Supports Daniel Diet<\/a> Daniel and his companions looked better eating more vegetables and avoiding strange meats. Has modern science confirmed this?<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/LostTribes.pdf\">Lost Tribes and Prophecies:\u00a0What will happen to Australia, the British Isles, Canada, Europe, New Zealand and the United States of America?<\/a>\u00a0Where did those people come from? Can you totally rely on DNA? What about other peoples? Do you really know what will happen to Europe and the English-speaking peoples? What about Africa, Asia, South America, and the Islands? This free online book provides scriptural, scientific, historical references, and commentary to address those matters. Here are links to related sermons:\u00a0<a id=\"video-title291\" title=\"Lost tribes, the Bible, and DNA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iKDvc8kDFU0\" aria-label=\"Lost tribes, the Bible, and DNA by ContinuingCoG 1 hour, 10 minutes No views\">Lost tribes, the Bible, and DNA<\/a>;\u00a0<a id=\"video-title291\" title=\"Lost tribes, prophecies, and identifications\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5kz_zBLMuUM\" aria-label=\"Lost tribes, prophecies, and identifications by ContinuingCoG 1 hour, 10 minutes 5 views\">Lost tribes, prophecies, and identifications<\/a>;\u00a0<a id=\"video-title291\" title=\"11 Tribes, 144,000, and Multitudes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QB62LHqfaug\" aria-label=\"11 Tribes, 144,000, and Multitudes by ContinuingCoG 2 hours ago 1 hour, 9 minutes 36 views\">11 Tribes, 144,000, and Multitudes<\/a>;\u00a0<a id=\"video-title291\" title=\"Israel, Jeremiah, Tea Tephi, and British Royalty\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i6Ud-eGe-SU\" aria-label=\"Israel, Jeremiah, Tea Tephi, and British Royalty by ContinuingCoG 1 hour, 16 minutes 4 views\">Israel, Jeremiah, Tea Tephi, and British Royalty<\/a>;\u00a0<a id=\"video-title291\" title=\"Gentile European Beast\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qMKMYNMJwZk\" aria-label=\"Gentile European Beast by ContinuingCoG 1 hour No views\">Gentile European Beast<\/a>;\u00a0<a id=\"video-title291\" title=\"Royal Succession, Samaria, and Prophecies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0JmK1lbBSv0\" aria-label=\"Royal Succession, Samaria, and Prophecies by ContinuingCoG 1 hour, 16 minutes 12 views\">Royal Succession, Samaria, and Prophecies<\/a>;\u00a0<a id=\"video-title291\" title=\"Asia, Islands, Latin America, Africa, and Armageddon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9VpYHGGm-wE\" aria-label=\"Asia, Islands, Latin America, Africa, and Armageddon by ContinuingCoG 1 hour, 14 minutes 4 views\">Asia, Islands, Latin America, Africa, and Armageddon;<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a id=\"video-title291\" title=\"When Will the End of the Age Come?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uKJ94PkOfm4\" aria-label=\"When Will the End of the Age Come? by ContinuingCoG 13 hours ago 1 hour, 10 minutes 94 views\">When Will the End of the Age Come?<\/a>;\u00a0\u00a0<a id=\"video-title291\" title=\"Rise of the Prophesied King of the North\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=czuCiMMie44\" aria-label=\"Rise of the Prophesied King of the North by ContinuingCoG 1 hour, 18 minutes 4 views\">Rise of the Prophesied King of the North<\/a>;\u00a0<a id=\"video-title291\" title=\"Christian Persecution from the Beast.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gSYlqTsLOrc\" aria-label=\"Christian Persecution from the Beast. by ContinuingCoG 1 hour, 14 minutes 30 views\">Christian Persecution from the Beast<\/a>;\u00a0<a id=\"video-title291\" title=\"WWIII and the Coming New World Order\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=adAr8Cjl5OE\" aria-label=\"WWIII and the Coming New World Order by ContinuingCoG 1 hour, 16 minutes 19 views\">WWIII and the Coming New World Order<\/a>; and\u00a0<a id=\"video-title291\" title=\"Woes, WWIV, and the Good News of the Kingdom of God\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Tgn9ci5qg18\" aria-label=\"Woes, WWIV, and the Good News of the Kingdom of God by ContinuingCoG 2 hours ago 1 hour, 10 minutes 34 views\">Woes, WWIV, and the Good News of the Kingdom of God<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aisle of Ultraprocessed Foods at Walmart (Photo by Thayne Tuason via Wikipedia) COGwriter Ultraprocessed foods are an issue that more are realizing can cause health problems: Even Big Food Can\u2019t Ignore the Science: Ultraprocessed Foods Are Killing Us April 8, 2026 If you\u2019re reading this, chances are you already try to avoid ultraprocessed foods (UPFs), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doctrine"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100584"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100587,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100584\/revisions\/100587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}