You constantly hear about how processed food is bad for your health and should be avoided. But what is it and why is it so bad?
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“Processed” is right up there with “chemicals” and “GMOs” when it comes to fear-mongering buzzwords. As others have pointed out, there’s nothing inherently wrong with “processing” food, it’s really the end result and how much of it you eat that matters. Baby carrots are a processed food, but offer the exact same nutrients as carrots you pull directly out of the ground. American cheese is often used as the default “processed food”, but ALL cheese is processed- American cheese is just cheese that’s then taken through an additional process, often with positive increases in vitamins and minerals that some could even claim make it “healthier”.
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