Mind and Body

Six ways processed foods wreak havoc on the body

Chicken nuggets taste so good... why do they have to be so bad?

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If you are what you eat, the vast majority of us are not plain vegetables.

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Many of the foods we consume are processed in some way, and that doesn’t mean they’re all bad.

However, there’s one category that comes under extra scrutiny: ultra-processed foods.

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