What makes food processed and why is it unhealthy?

Question

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?

In: Biology

Answer 1

There’s a lot of things you can do to “process” food. Not all of them are bad, but some of them do make the food less healthy. Some common ones are stripping out fiber and adding lots of sugar or salt.