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WENDL Kornfeld's avatar

You made it very easy for people to make their choices: "If the label lists a dozen or more ingredients, and a majority of them are chemical compounds you’ve never heard of, that food is ultra-processed."

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Michelle S's avatar

"pre-chewed food". reminds me of that Saturday Night Live skit... But what a great post read! A favorite topic of mine.

We mostly cook our own food from fresh here and are really sensitive to label reading and extra ingredients. Often times I've put a craving for a certain food or a curiosity of a new product back on the shelf due to the ingredient list. (I suffer)

Even my favorite sriracha sauce no longer graces my pantry- but I have found a new one just as enjoyable with minimal ingredients and it holds up fine.

If anything contains Xantham Gum (among other unpronounceable): I avoid it. This stability ingredient was at one time not supposed to metabolize and now they are finding that it does and that people need to consider this as calories. So many products retain this unneccesary ingredient.

I've also seen in the grocery stores where "healthy" prepared foods like Brussel sprouts or broccoli have a long list of preservatives so I just settle for fresh broccoli steamed, 6-8 minutes of manual cooking labor, instead.

Another thing; canned foods like canned tomatoes or any canned food can leech BPA into your food. Choose glass jars instead. Even BPA-free labels still contain an alternate chemical calls BPS (cans and plastic).

choose real food! (I used to personal chef for clients during my Type A Home years-quite enjoyable!)

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