Which Foods are Processed?

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Good question; There's always been confusion about what foods are processed. We are creatures of habit and will almost always buy our food in the grocery stores. Of course, it doesn't have to be that way. You can buy produce from a "produce stand" and buy your meat fro m a butcher, but we all don't have a way to do that so we go to a supermarket. 

 Most of us live in the city and only have supermarkets to buy from, and there is fresh food like fresh cut meat and fresh produce at a supermarket and you can still get all your dry goods like paper products. And today we can get bulk foods at the grocery stores. Dried beans and nuts, etc. All those foods are healthy and should be consumed every week, but supermarkets also sell a lot of a lot of   processed or manufactured foods like snack foods, pastries, frozen ready to heat and eat foods that are loaded with chemicals, salts, sugars. 

 So how can you tell the processed from the natural foods? Easy, the simple rule is "if it has a food label, it's processed". You might want to read up on food labels because a label is not required to disclose 
everything.

 Processed foods use a lot of food substitutes, for instance, a sugar substitute will cost less than real cane sugar but cane sugar in moderation isn't going to harm the body but high-frutose corn syrup is a sweetner with many chemical additive to create something that taste like sugar. 

 Ask your doctor or "do an internet search" to find out how many Americans have Diabetes? Diabetes isn't something you inherit. Then find out the main causes of diabetes. 

Type 2 Diabetes Causes and Risk Factors

Health Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes

 type 2 diabetes risk factors include the following:
  • High blood pressure
  • High blood triglyceride (fat) levels
  • Gestational diabetes or giving birth to a baby weighing more than 9 pounds
  • High-fat and carbohydrate diet
  • High alcohol intake
  • Sedentary lifestyle
  • Obesity or being overweight
  • Ethnicity: Certain groups, such as African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian Americans, have a greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes than non-Hispanic whites.
  • Aging: Increasing age is a significant risk factor for type 2 diabetes. The risk of developing type 2 diabetes begins to rise significantly at about age 45, and rises considerably after age 65.
To understand why insulin is important, it helps to know more about how your body uses food for energy. Your body is made up of millions of cells. To make energy, these cells need food in a very simple form. When you eat or drink, much of the food is broken down into a simple sugar called glucose. It moves through your bloodstream to these cells where it provides the energy your body needs for daily activities.

You can find hundreds of articles about diabetes and other conditions causes from a bad diet.

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