The Problem with Processed Food
We all know that eating processed foods is harmful. Problem food elements like trans fats are products of a process called hydrogenation, used by food manufacturers to extend the shelf life of their products.
Some reasons to avoid processed foods include:
1.As processed foods have more refined sugar, salt and other flavors, you never seem to get enough of it. Your taste buds are never satisfied.
2.Dangerous foods are hidden. You never get to know how much of salt and sugar ae hiding in your packet of crispies.
3. I read that some strange additions to processed foods include animal skin, snouts, ears, etc.:(
4. Plus the food really loses its nutritive value when its processed.
More on the harmful effects of processed food here.
Like Holly says in The Skinny on Fats:
“Refined” people eat “refined” food, right? It looks like peasant food has always been healthier. Apparently in old Europe, each town had an oil press and vendors would go door to door delivering flax oil, much like milk. And like milk, it had to be used right away before it went rancid in the days before refrigeration. Well no wonder there was a market for more “stable” oils. Oils that don’t seem to EVER go rancid because because all their vitamins, minerals, lecithin and phytosterols have been removed and and the oil has been “deoderized” to conceal any rancid smell that might occur. As you can imagine, these oils seem to have been better for business than for our bodies.
So think twice before you feed your kids junk food in your effort to pacify them!
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