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Default What are processed foods?


"tert in seattle" > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>>> On Tue, 2 Apr 2013 23:58:42 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I just looked this up because I realized that I really didn't know for
>>>> sure.
>>>> But it looks to me like if it isn't raw meat, fruit or vegetables, it
>>>> is
>>>> processed.
>>>>
>>>> Nuts out of the shell are processed. Milk is processed. So are cheese
>>>> and
>>>> yogurt. If it's frozen? It's processed. Even if it is simply
>>>> vegetables
>>>> or fruit with nothing added. Flour would be processed. So would rice
>>>> and
>>>> pasta of all kinds. Anything in a can is processed. Dried foods are
>>>> processed. If you cook it? You've processed it.
>>>>
>>>> So I'd be willing to bet that unless you are a raw vegan whole foodist,
>>>> you
>>>> are eating processed foods!
>>>>
>>>
>>> I think most people are thinking of foods with additives/preservatives
>>> when they think "processed".

>>
>> That's what I thought too. But I was wrong.

>
> It's just another term that's worn out with overuse. Best to avoid it.
>


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