In general, the lower the processed food consumption, the healthier the body... and vice versa.
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Correct. But is there a person on earth who doesn’t inherently know this?
;) Love ya though Dr.Jeff
Actually, no.
If you showed 100 Americans a picture of a steak and a picture of a seed oil-laden protein bar, I’m guessing that at least 80% would choose the protein bar as the healthy option.
Similarly, fried eggs vs a granola bar.
Pseudo-nutrition marketing is extremely powerful and misleading.
It’s self evident that the healthiest food a person can eat is a nature valley bar. I’ve seen the commercials.
lol… same.
Great point. But do people not know processed food is bad or do they struggle to know what foods are processed? I’d bet it’s the latter. People are going to think of a granola bar as a very natural thing. Shoot, didn’t we call heavy REI shoppers and hikers “granolas”. They were so natural the ladies didn’t shave their pits. 🤣 Likewise a lot of what the marketing is doing, is convincing people that processed things are natural. I think if you asked the same cohort what the difference between natural food and processed food is you’d find they think processed foods a just those with obvious chemical sounding ingredients. …things with food dyes and ingredients they can’t pronounce, etc. Throw the word nature on the label and a couple of recognizable words into the ingredients and people will get confused as to whether it’s processed or not.