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0 pointsMangoToupe8mo ago0 comments

> non-processed foods

Do you really not eat bread? We've got to come up with better ways to categorize foods. At face value such a term seems to imply you should only eat raw food.

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gavinray8mo ago

I genuinely don't eat bread. Terrible carb source.

I'll eat steel cut oats, quinoa, rice, beans/lentils, etc.

But not bread.

MangoToupeOP8mo ago

What makes bread a bad source of carbs?

gavinray8mo ago

It's glycemic index score

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pphysch8mo ago

I do avoid eating (highly processed white) bread in most meals, because it doesn't make me feel great.

We're really targeting "highly-processed" foods. Personally I draw a line between sausage that went through something resembling a hand-powered meat grinder vs. sausage that has been obliterated into a fine pink sludge and reformed. Both are processed, but the latter is highly processed, with more room for additives.

MangoToupeOP8mo ago

The issue with sausage isn't the processing, it's the preservatives and the choice of meats (and their corresponding nutrients) that go into the sausage.

My understanding is that degree of "processing" is acknowledged to be an imperfect metric, just one that fits easily with EU labeling concerns. I just don't think that's as useful as is advertised.

righthand8mo ago

It is not difficult to make your own bread as well, so easily avoided eating non-processed bread.

MangoToupeOP8mo ago

> so easily avoided eating non-processed bread.

How do you make bread without flour? Flour is a processed food.

righthand8mo ago

I’m not even talking about the fact that flour is processed in the general sense. The generic sliced grocery store loaf itself has added preservatives, sugar, etc that you wouldn’t find in a homemade loaf. When people talk about eating non-processed foods they usually mean eating whole (ex. Fruits, vegetables) or foods without preservatives and stabilizers.

the_sleaze_8mo ago

While yes, flour is ground and therefore processed - I think we all mean bleached, stabilized and enriched flour.

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gavinray8mo ago

I genuinely don't eat bread. Terrible carb source.

I'll eat steel cut oats, quinoa, rice, beans/lentils, etc.

But not bread.

MangoToupeOP8mo ago

What makes bread a bad source of carbs?

gavinray8mo ago

It's glycemic index score

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pphysch8mo ago

I do avoid eating (highly processed white) bread in most meals, because it doesn't make me feel great.

MangoToupeOP8mo ago

The issue with sausage isn't the processing, it's the preservatives and the choice of meats (and their corresponding nutrients) that go into the sausage.

My understanding is that degree of "processing" is acknowledged to be an imperfect metric, just one that fits easily with EU labeling concerns. I just don't think that's as useful as is advertised.

righthand8mo ago

It is not difficult to make your own bread as well, so easily avoided eating non-processed bread.

MangoToupeOP8mo ago

> so easily avoided eating non-processed bread.

How do you make bread without flour? Flour is a processed food.

righthand8mo ago

the_sleaze_8mo ago

While yes, flour is ground and therefore processed - I think we all mean bleached, stabilized and enriched flour.

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