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0 pointsraverbashing6y ago0 comments

There's a simpler explanation: processed foods are more caloric per weight and/or they tend to increase portion size as well.

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colechristensen6y ago

What exactly is a processed food? That's a name thrown around like a bad word by nutrition fans everywhere but it seems to mean "food we don't like".

notJim6y ago

I think scientists use something called the NOVA food classification. If you do some google searches, you can find information, but I haven't found anything that feels really definitive.

jodrellblank6y ago

You can argue that processing food doesn't change anything about it, but it seems a ridiculous position to take that "processed food" might not exist.

Do you really see no possible difference between a potato, and Pringles, because "picking potatoes is a process"?

colechristensen6y ago

I'm challenging it as nonspecific, unhelpful name-calling.

What is the difference between "processed" and "cooked" food?

Can you really draw a non-arbitrary line between the two?

Does it just have to be cooked by someone else? Are there techniques which are kosher and are just "cooked" while others make it "processed"? Is it a set of ingredients which make the distinction?

Does baking soda make a food processed? Sodium citrate? Soy lecithin?

Could you go through Modernist Cuisine and classify each recipe as "processed" or not?

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colechristensen6y ago

What exactly is a processed food? That's a name thrown around like a bad word by nutrition fans everywhere but it seems to mean "food we don't like".

notJim6y ago

I think scientists use something called the NOVA food classification. If you do some google searches, you can find information, but I haven't found anything that feels really definitive.

jodrellblank6y ago

You can argue that processing food doesn't change anything about it, but it seems a ridiculous position to take that "processed food" might not exist.

Do you really see no possible difference between a potato, and Pringles, because "picking potatoes is a process"?

colechristensen6y ago

I'm challenging it as nonspecific, unhelpful name-calling.

What is the difference between "processed" and "cooked" food?

Can you really draw a non-arbitrary line between the two?

Does it just have to be cooked by someone else? Are there techniques which are kosher and are just "cooked" while others make it "processed"? Is it a set of ingredients which make the distinction?

Does baking soda make a food processed? Sodium citrate? Soy lecithin?

Could you go through Modernist Cuisine and classify each recipe as "processed" or not?

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