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There's No Way I'm Eating My Next Seafood Dinner Without Checking This Chart First. 10 Things the Processed Food Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know. Processed foods are typically loaded with excess sugar, salt, unhealthful fats, preservatives and other additives. But you probably know this already. What you may not know about processed foods is the extent of the havoc they can wreak on your body, a closely guarded secret that the processed food industry doesn’t want you to know. In short, though they may taste good and be easy to prepare, when you eat processed foods you’re exchanging convenience for your health. 10 Processed-Food Secrets the Food Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know In the featured article, Donna Gates, author of The Body Ecology Diet, explains 10 reasons why you might want to think twice the next time you’re tempted to eat processed foods. 1. They’re Addictive and May Cause You to Overeat Processing modifies or removes important components of food, like fiber, water and nutrients, changing the way they are digested and assimilated in your body. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

What Are the Worst Processed Food Additives? How Processed Foods Are Killing You One Bite At A Time. So, you know processed foods are bad for you, right? But do you really know how factory foods deplete your body and mind? Need some additional inspiration to start making healthy, real food choices? Read on: 1. People think that fresh, organic foods are too expensive. 2. Modified foods contain phosphate additives that magnify taste, texture, and shelf-life. 3.

Your internal organs process whole foods much more efficiently than processed “junk” foods. 4. Studies show that refined sugars, processed flours, vegetable oils, and other artificial ingredients are responsible for this plague. 5. If you suffer from brain fog, or have difficulty concentrating on the present moment, blame your diet. 6.

These foods have been disassembled: their natural fibers, enzymes, vitamins, have been altered and removed so the foods will live longer on the shelf. 7. The foundation of most processed foods in grocery stores today spring from laboratories, not nature. 8. 9. Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com. Dirty Secrets of The Food Processing Industry. Written by Sally Fallon We have always processed our food; this is an activity that is uniquely human. We chop, soak, cook and ferment our food - as well as grind and dry - these are all types of processing. Traditional processing has two functions: to make food more digestible and to preserve it for use during times when food isn’t readily available.

Nutritious, long-lasing processed foods including pemmican, hard sausage and old-fashioned meat puddings and haggis, as well as grain products, dairy products, pickles—everything from wine and spirits to lacto-fermented condiments. Unfortunately, in modern times, we have substituted local artisanal processing with factory and industrial processing, which actually diminishes the quality of the food, rather than making it more nutritious and digestible. Let’s look at the processing involved in the typical American breakfast of cereal, skim milk and orange juice. Another unpublished experiment was carried out in 1960. 9 Ways That Processed Foods Are Slowly Killing People. Processed foods are bad. They are the main reason why people all over the world are getting fat and sick.

How do we know? Every time a population adopts a “Western” diet high in processed foods, they get sick. It happens within a few years. Real vs Processed Food The word “processed” often causes some confusion, so let me clarify what I mean. Obviously, most foods we eat are processed in some way. But there is a difference between mechanical processing and chemical processing. If it’s a single ingredient food with no added chemicals, then it doesn’t matter if it’s been ground or put into a jar. However… foods that have been chemically processed and made solely from refined ingredients and artificial substances, are what is generally known as “processed food.” Here are 9 ways that processed foods are bad for your health. 1.

Processed foods are usually loaded with added sugar… or its evil twin, High Fructose Corn Syrup. It is well known that sugar, when consumed in excess, is seriously harmful. 2. Vegan.

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