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what does processed foods do to your body/weight?
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The simplest way I can explain it is this: would you put bad gas in your car, knowing it wasn't going to run as well? Of course not. The same applies to fat-free hotdogs and the like. If you read the ingredients it's going to look something like this:
INGREDIENTS: Beef, water, modified food starch*, salt, hydrolyzed soy protein, spice, paprika, potassium chloride, natural flavorings, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite.
Do you know what
sodium erythorbate is? What about
sodium nitrite? Chances are nobody has ever said to you, "Make sure you're getting enough sodium nitrite in your diet!"
Additives aren't all bad, but in general they aren't good for you and aren't going to give you what food is supposed to give you: fuel, energy, vitamins, nutrients. The cleaner your diet, the more your food is working for you.
Not all "processed" food is bad - yogurt, milk and tofu are all processed, but the ingredient list is short and they haven't been chemically created or messed with too much.