But if they are making this direct link between ultra-processed foods and increased mortality, then surely it’s these specific substances that are responsible for it?
Not necessarily. Think about it like cigarettes. The nicotine is what gets you addicted, but it is not what kills you. In a similar vein, these additives might cause you in some way or another to consume an unhealthy diet in the most general sense. So the effect can be more indirect.
Tel Aviv is not the only Israeli city…
And I never said that. It is the one with the most liberal international reputation though.
Thinking of the area in a classical rural-city divide doesn’t work anyways, because you don’t have the “lived in my village seen nothing else since 10 generations” families
The rural-city divide is not about people staying in the same place for generations, otherwise the us wouldn’t have one. It’s about progressive and traditional values. And Israel does have geographical differences in that regard.
Anything else?
Benefit of the doubt it is a reference to this meme.
I mean the parent comment mentioned tests…