2025-04-17
37 分钟From the moment you wake up, you need to start making decisions.
What should you have for breakfast?
What about lunch?
How are you going to remain active all day, especially if your job involves a lot of sitting?
Keeping yourself healthy can feel like a full-time job and everybody has opinions.
If you aren't taking cold showers every morning, you're missing out.
So here at The Economist, we wanted to give you a helping hand.
We've been scrutinising the health advice,
the fads and fitness trends in the news for a new series in the science section.
Well informed.
We read and assess the scientific studies so that you don't have to.
And every so often, we'll bring a selection of our findings to you here.
The aim?
Well, we want you to make well informed decisions about your own life.
This week, we're focusing on food, specifically the unhealthy things that we all eat.
Butter, red meat, ultra processed foods.
Just how bad are they really?
I'm Alok Jha and this is Babbage from The Economist.
Today, a well-informed guide to the foods that you kind of know aren't that good for you.
We'll start with one of humanity's oldest indulgences, butter.