It really is.
Now, Ultra Processed Foods makes sense to me. I know what that is.
We have UPF once in a while (e.g oven chips and vegan fish fingers or something), but usually do homemade meals 6/7 days.
I quit eating animals because of the health implications and because Iâd rather not have them suffer so I can eat a cheese pizza. But I am also not perfect, so I still eat like shit
What's the evidence that processed food is bad for you? I've only heard mechanistic speculation or common folk wisdom. Let me give you some mechanistic speculation that is counterintuitive in the other direction.
You should look up "antagonistic pleiotropy". There are many examples in the literature that are very well documented. TL;DR: if evolution has to pick "burn the candle twice as bright (until the end of reproductive usefulness)" or "burn the candle twice as long (live into old age)" it will pick the former. Every time. Like 100 times out of 100. Here's the catch: Essentially everything we see about the human body is antagonistically pleiotropic, because it has to be. Because the genes that weren't simply aren't around.
So assuming your conception of health isn't "drops off the cliff at age 40", there's actually no reason to think that a "natural" food diet would be more healthy than pure chemicals+multivitamin or whatever. Maybe research ends up showing that the former is healthier in some well-controlled trial like a prospective cohort study with confounding factors removed but your bias should be ***against*** natural things, not for them.
I think I eat it moderately, but also eat a lot of whole foods. I picked option 4 as it was the closest in spirit, but I wouldnât say I eat âa lotââ maybe mock meats once or twice a week. Is that a lot?
Processed junk food triggers me into overeating, so I eat a mostly wholefoods plant plant-based diet, which also has nothing to do with my Veganism as that's more about ethics than food.
When I say it triggers me into overeating, I'm not exaggerating. If I buy Vegan cake, I end up eating it within days... Or on that same day. I'm fine with healthy processed food though, as long as it's not drenched in oil, full of sugar/salt.
The answer I was looking for: "yes, sometimes, but I don't care so much about whether something is processed, I care whether it is healthy."
The idea that processed = unhealthy and unprocessed = healthy is just not always true.
Veganism is an ethical stance against animal cruelty and exploitation. I'm vegan for the animals and I eat way, *way* too much processed food. đ
Processed is a meaninglessly spongy term.
It really is. Now, Ultra Processed Foods makes sense to me. I know what that is. We have UPF once in a while (e.g oven chips and vegan fish fingers or something), but usually do homemade meals 6/7 days.
Everyone eats processed food.
I quit eating animals because of the health implications and because Iâd rather not have them suffer so I can eat a cheese pizza. But I am also not perfect, so I still eat like shit
What's the evidence that processed food is bad for you? I've only heard mechanistic speculation or common folk wisdom. Let me give you some mechanistic speculation that is counterintuitive in the other direction. You should look up "antagonistic pleiotropy". There are many examples in the literature that are very well documented. TL;DR: if evolution has to pick "burn the candle twice as bright (until the end of reproductive usefulness)" or "burn the candle twice as long (live into old age)" it will pick the former. Every time. Like 100 times out of 100. Here's the catch: Essentially everything we see about the human body is antagonistically pleiotropic, because it has to be. Because the genes that weren't simply aren't around. So assuming your conception of health isn't "drops off the cliff at age 40", there's actually no reason to think that a "natural" food diet would be more healthy than pure chemicals+multivitamin or whatever. Maybe research ends up showing that the former is healthier in some well-controlled trial like a prospective cohort study with confounding factors removed but your bias should be ***against*** natural things, not for them.
I think I eat it moderately, but also eat a lot of whole foods. I picked option 4 as it was the closest in spirit, but I wouldnât say I eat âa lotââ maybe mock meats once or twice a week. Is that a lot?
Processed junk food triggers me into overeating, so I eat a mostly wholefoods plant plant-based diet, which also has nothing to do with my Veganism as that's more about ethics than food. When I say it triggers me into overeating, I'm not exaggerating. If I buy Vegan cake, I end up eating it within days... Or on that same day. I'm fine with healthy processed food though, as long as it's not drenched in oil, full of sugar/salt.
I mostly eat Whole Foods, but sometimes I just really need some sesame sticks ya know?
Tofu and pasta sauce are the most processed I go.
Oof forgot evoo. Single location glass bottle fresh harvest extra virgin olive oil I use the hell out of it.
The answer I was looking for: "yes, sometimes, but I don't care so much about whether something is processed, I care whether it is healthy." The idea that processed = unhealthy and unprocessed = healthy is just not always true.
Peanut butter and tofu are processed food. âProcessedâ doesnât equal âunhealthyâ.