Should You Avoid Ultraprocessed Food?
Hard to avoid “processed” food. Some of my students say that to eat healthy one should avoid “processed” food. But most of the food we eat is “processed” to some extent. Eating whole wheat bread is healthy but bread is “processed” as they harvested the grain, milled the grain, made the flour and then made the bread. Cereal, even whole grain cereal, is processed. Canned vegetables are processed as is canned fruit in syrup. But some food is “ultraprocessed” so much so that this processing adversely affects the nutritional processing of the food. What are ultraprocessed foods and how is the nutritional value of this type of food affected? Are there any consequences to your health if you eat a lot of ultraprocessed food? What are ultraprocessed foods ? Not only are these foods processed but often these foods have lots of added sugar, salt, and fat as well as preservatives and many have artificial colors. Foods that ar...