Just seeing a lot of articles about ultra processed foods lately and wondering.
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– **Little to no proccessing**. I grow some corn. I pick a piece of corn and cook it with the husk on and eat it. This is healthy
– **Lightly processed**. I take that same piece of corn, and husk it, cut the corn off the cob, and can it. Still healthy
– **Highly processed**. I take the same peice of corn, remove it from the cob, dry it, grind it to powder, and mix with sugar, salt, barley extract, and vitamins. I press into flakes and toast it. I now have corn flakes. Less healthy, but it isn’t all that terrible.
– **Ultra processed**. I take that peice of corn, husk, de-cob, dry it, grind it, and mix with some chemical compound to change the properties of the corn. I extrude the corn through a machine that puffs it up. I fry it with industrial seed oils. I coat it in tons of red dies and artificial spices and seasonings. I now have Flaming Hot Cheetos. This is terrible for you.
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