# Hello and Happy New Year! **URL:** \ **Category:** Huel Updates\ **Created:** [January 3, 2024, 11:36am UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/hello-and-happy-new-year/25549 "2024-01-03T11:36:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Amy\_Huel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.huel.com/amy_huel/32/11340_2.png) [@Amy\_Huel](https://discuss.huel.com/u/Amy_Huel)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 11:36am UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/hello-and-happy-new-year/25549/1 "2024-01-03T11:36:36Z")
✨ Hey Hueligans! It’s 2024! ✨ A very Happy New Year to you all! I’m Amy, one of the (relatively) new faces in the Huel nutrition team. I’m a Registered Associate Nutritionist with the AfN, and I’m thoroughly looking forward to chatting all things nutrition here in the forum. 🤓 Anyone set their goals for the new year yet? I don’t know about you, but I’ve got a very good feeling about 2024. Buzzing for what’s to come! Some very exciting developments cooking up in the Huel kitchen…stay tuned 👀 Please do give me a shout if you have any nutrition Qs. I’m on hand to help! 🖤 ---
**Author:** ![amie\_huel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.huel.com/amie_huel/32/11230_2.png) [@amie\_huel](https://discuss.huel.com/u/amie_huel)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/hello-and-happy-new-year/25549/2 "2024-01-03T14:51:08Z")
Welcome! 🎉 Yes, at Huel we like to keep things simple so Amy with a Y will be here sharing her expertise for all your nutrition queries and Amie with an IE be here for the miscellaneous/CX stuff. 🙏 💚 Thrilled to have you here Amy!!! 💚 ---
**Author:** ![Amy\_Huel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.huel.com/amy_huel/32/11340_2.png) [@Amy\_Huel](https://discuss.huel.com/u/Amy_Huel)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 2:56pm UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/hello-and-happy-new-year/25549/3 "2024-01-03T14:56:20Z")
Two Amys/Amies are better than one! 👯‍♀️ ---
**Author:** ![Darrenbryan10](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.huel.com/darrenbryan10/32/3330_2.png) [@Darrenbryan10](https://discuss.huel.com/u/Darrenbryan10)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/hello-and-happy-new-year/25549/4 "2024-01-03T16:19:06Z")
> [@Amy\_Huel](#): > > Two Amys/Amies are better than one! 👯‍♀️ I think the forum will decide that! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mememagoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@Mememagoo](https://discuss.huel.com/u/Mememagoo)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 7:40pm UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/hello-and-happy-new-year/25549/5 "2024-01-03T19:40:32Z")
Hi Amy, I wonder if you can help me. I love Huel for flavour and nutrition profile. However, I’m just learning about ultra processed foods and their impact on our health. Can you help me reconcile my desire for great nutritional balance with Huel with my desire for avoidance of UPFs if they are bad for me? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![David](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.huel.com/david/32/6981_2.png) [@David](https://discuss.huel.com/u/David)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 8:21pm UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/hello-and-happy-new-year/25549/6 "2024-01-03T20:21:55Z")
There are some replies from Huel staff in this thread. > [@Ultra Processed Foods & Huel - revisited](https://discuss.huel.com/t/ultra-processed-foods-huel-revisited/24915/6): > > UPFs get a bad rep because most of them are bad for health. Fair enough, if they’re ultra-processed to be cheap (and not nutritious). But not all UPFs are bad - ie those ultra-processed to be nutritious (and not cheap). The term UPF seems a blunt tool. The British Nutrition Foundation did a report on misunderstanding of it. [Confusion about ultra-processed foods - British Nutrition Foundation](https://www.nutrition.org.uk/news/2021/bnf-survey-reveals-confusion-about-ultra-processed-foods/) eg ‘while many ultra-processed foods are not healthy options, this isn’t always the case.’ ---
**Author:** ![epicure](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.huel.com/epicure/32/10516_2.png) [@epicure](https://discuss.huel.com/u/epicure)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2024, 7:09am UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/hello-and-happy-new-year/25549/7 "2024-01-04T07:09:47Z")
This might be of interest, from just a couple days ago (& from another Amy/Amie?!): [Beware the mix of food and fear – the truth about ultra-processed foods is still emerging | Amelia Tait | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/02/truth-about-ultra-processed-foods-upfs#comment-165927555) ---
**Author:** ![Mememagoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@Mememagoo](https://discuss.huel.com/u/Mememagoo)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2024, 7:24am UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/hello-and-happy-new-year/25549/8 "2024-01-04T07:24:48Z")
Thanks that helps ---
**Author:** ![Amy\_Huel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.huel.com/amy_huel/32/11340_2.png) [@Amy\_Huel](https://discuss.huel.com/u/Amy_Huel)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2024, 8:43am UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/hello-and-happy-new-year/25549/9 "2024-01-04T08:43:46Z")
Hey! I completely echo David’s comment here - that thread on UPFs features posts from other members of the nutrition team, including our Head of Nutrition James Collier, that should help to clarify our stance and put your mind at ease. More than happy to chat through any further questions off the back of this 😊 ---
**Author:** ![Martyn78](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.huel.com/martyn78/32/9708_2.png) [@Martyn78](https://discuss.huel.com/u/Martyn78)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 10:40am UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/hello-and-happy-new-year/25549/10 "2024-01-08T10:40:48Z")
Happy New Year everyone 🥳 ---
**Author:** ![amie\_huel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.huel.com/amie_huel/32/11230_2.png) [@amie\_huel](https://discuss.huel.com/u/amie_huel)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 11:03am UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/hello-and-happy-new-year/25549/11 "2024-01-18T11:03:15Z")
What reservations do you have for food processing? Processing of foods has some great benefits, which include but are not limited to increased food safety, shelf life, preservation of nutrients, and convenience. Furthermore, some methods of physical processing such as grinding can also help with the release of nutrients. For example, grinding or soaking flaxseed breaks them down so that the body can digest the omega-3 fatty acids. To give you reassurance, Huel does not contain any trans fats, monosodium glutamate (MSG), artificial preservatives, or any other ingredients that give processed food bad press. The media has tarnished all UPF’s with a negative generalization which is simply not applicable to every example. Check out this link for more information 👉 [Food Processing & Good Nutrition – Huel](https://huel.com/pages/food-processing-good-nutrition) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/huel/original/2X/d/db5d841204005adb07642c1c8eb76a1f96476f3d.png) [@system](https://discuss.huel.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 11:03am UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/hello-and-happy-new-year/25549/12 "2025-01-17T11:03:21Z")
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