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In reply to the discussion: Why “Clean Eating” is a Myth [View all]sendero
(28,552 posts)Well we really don't know. Just like GMO foods. As human beings, we've only been consuming them for about 0.0000001 % of our timeline, and there is no actual scientific method for determining the long term effects of doing so.
Trying to claim that eating, for example, bread with a list of ingredients as long as your arm is as healthy as eating bread containing only flour, water, yeast and maybe a leavening agent is pretty silly IMHO.
Why would you want to eat random chemicals when you have no idea of their bodily impact? Why would you assume that if you eat some chemical and don't die on the spot that means it has no longer term associated health risk?
I eat some processed foods but I'm pretty sure we'd be better off without some of them.