Processed Foods: Is It Ever OK to Break the Rules?
Are all processed foods on the no-no list? Or are there times when it’s OK to break the processed food prohibition?
Are all processed foods on the no-no list? Or are there times when it’s OK to break the processed food prohibition?
If there’s a reliable dietary culprit, “processed food” would be it. In fact, “processed foods” has become practically synonymous with bad-for-you food. However, most of the foods we eat are “processed,” subjected to some kind of “process” from simple cooking, grinding and fermenting to complex hydrogenating, modifying and refining. So in a practical sense, how do we implement the experts’ advice to eliminate processed foods? Instead of an either/or definition, I use the far more helpful “Tree to Test Tube Continuum” to sort out good from bad and when it’s OK to break the rules.
Can someone really reach their healthy weight goals after THREE YEARS of sputtering and sputtering, starting and stopping?
Seeing an article on hard-to-take-seriously shoe claims reminds me of all the food claims I see at the grocery store–and why it pays to be just as skeptical.