Emma Pearson
Debanjali Kamstra is an accomplished architect and interior designer with a passion for fitness and helping others on their fitness journey. She has opened several businesses in the UAE, including her first interior design company, Veloche, in Dubai. Kamstra has also started two other companies - one selling home interiors and the other dealing in healthy snacks and drinks. In addition to her professional achievements, Kamstra is a former employee of Emirates airline and has been married to her musician husband Christiaan Kamstra for nine years. She loves dancing, fitness, and is motivated by helping women on their fitness journey. Kamstra is passionate about helping children with autism and believes in empowering people with disabilities to find employment opportunities. As a resident of the UAE for 13 years, she has made significant contributions to the community through her various businesses and charitable efforts.
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The Daily's Verdict
This author has a mixed reputation for journalistic standards. It is advisable to fact-check, scrutinize for bias, and check for conflicts of interest before relying on the author's reporting.
Bias
85%
Examples:
- Cultivating cooking skills and prioritising fresh meals is crucial in the battle against ultra-processed foods.
- It's a type of addiction that forms when your body is craving nutrition...
- Junk food can be as addictive as alcohol, tobacco or gambling...
- Not only are these substances addictive, but they also lack any nutritional sustenance...
- On a typical day, the Dubai resident would devour 7,000 calories in Gatorade, ice cream, sweets, canned coffee and processed carbs...
- The impact of ultra-processed foods on the brain is notable, particularly concerning the activation of reward pathways that may lead to addictive behaviours.
- The prevalence of ultra-processed foods in the UAE diet exhibits variability...
Conflicts of Interest
100%
Examples:
- Former Muay Thai fighter Jeffrey Zorn says giving up ultra-processed foods was just as difficult as giving up smoking.
- Ultra-processed foods can be as addictive as alcohol, tobacco or gambling, according to a 36-country study published in the British Medical Journal
Contradictions
90%
Examples:
- Craving is a key feature of addiction and it's readily seen with ultra-processed foods. People may drive long distances or risk electric shock to get these foods.
- Large-bodied people with an addiction to ultra-processed foods are more likely to have a microbial composition similar to that of people with other addictive tendencies.
- They include packaged snacks, ready-to-eat breakfast cereals, most fast foods, mass-produced breads and desserts, reconstituted fish and meat products like sausages, hot dogs, and fish sticks.
- Ultra-processed foods are manufactured inside industrial factories and contain ingredients that amp up their fat, sugar, and/or salt content.
- Ultra-processed foods trigger the brain's reward system so powerfully that people may not be deciding what they eat in the way that we think of free will.
- Up to 20% of adults and 15% of kids and adolescents have signs of addiction to ultra-processed foods.
- Withdrawal symptoms like headaches, fatigue, and irritability have been observed when ultra-processed foods are withheld.
Deceptions
30%
Examples:
- Mrs UAE and Mrs Jordan wowed judges at the Mrs World beauty pageant on Saturday...
Recent Articles
Ultra-Processed Foods: The Silent Culprit of Memory Problems, Stroke Risk, and Addiction
Broke On: Wednesday, 29 May 2024New research reveals that ultra-processed foods, high in added sugars, sodium, and unhealthy fats, can negatively impact cognitive function and overall health. Consuming these foods is linked to memory problems, thinking abilities impairment, increased stroke risk, and addiction potential (Sources A-D). To maintain optimal brain health and reduce the risk of cognitive decline and stroke, focus on consuming whole or minimally processed foods as part of a balanced diet (Source E).