The categories of processed foods are a little confusing. We will work on posting further research which are making progress in clarifying controversies. That is why we are posting again now 2025.
By Eileen and Paul Goldfinger, MD. Blogfinger.net. 3/24 original post.
We once examined a package of “chicken wontons” (raviolis) at Wegmans. The label revealed an outrageous number of ingredients, perhaps 30. And none of the ingredients was chicken. We were worried about that label, so we put it back.
Eileen and I go food shopping together, and we like to read labels. We got into that when we wrote our first edition of “Prevention Does Work.—A Guide to a Healthy Heart.” At that time we were talking mostly about saturated fats, cholesterol, fiber and Mediterranean diets. The term “processed foods” was not in our vocabulary then.
We know that many of you are aware that processed foods are risky to good health, but it turns out that most American diets consist of mostly (60%) processed foods such as potato chips, Doritos, packaged pastries, hot dogs, etc.
Food manufacturers have labs that strive to seduce you with addictive and flavorful ingredients like salt, sugar, oils, fats, and other processed ingredients.
An incredible study* just came out that offers proof of the adverse effects of processed foods from around the world, and millions of people were studied. Ordinarily we don’t bring internet video reports to Blogfinger because of suspicions as to their validity. The video link is at bottom below.
Here is a link to the February 28, 2024 report in the British Medical Journal.*. If you are not a doctor or medical scientist, you may find this a bit too much.
https://www.bmj.com/content/384/bmj-2023-077310
But we are very impressed by a video report today on Epoch News. (below). It describes a summary of the trial above regarding risks of diseases linked to intake of processed foods. The findings are strong enough to suggest that many nations should pay attention to their dietary ways.
The NOVA food classification system was used to pull processed food trials together with a common denominator of defined food categories. (NOVA)
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Click on the link below to see the Epoch News video. Turn on audio at the lower left corner. It is 12 minutes.
VIDEO BELOW. (Epoch News:)
Processed foods are dangerous. Click here
From “Oliver”