The modern food processing industry has succeeded in convincing the public that they are getting nutritional

value from many processed foods, when they are not. What the public is actually getting is chronic malnutrition from eating way too much junk food. Highlights of the Nutrition of Processed and unk !ood" #top eating junk food$ unk food is food that has been processed to the e%treme. #tart improving your nutrition by reading food labels$ #o you can avoid eating processed food that is more artificial than real. &t is okay to eat moderately processed foods that contain more real ingredients than products of food science. 'ou will know which is which by reading the food labels. The more real or whole foods that you eat, the more healthier you will be. #o, buy some produce from your local grocery store, too. (ood choices in processed foods are more real than a product of food science) low in fat *i.e., + grams or less total fat per serving,) unsweetened) and low in salt or salt free. The single dietary change with the biggest impact on improving one-s nutrition and natural health would be to stop eating junk food. .any mature adults, over the years, have forgotten what real food is. /ather than eat 0112 home cooked meals, they eat junk that is the creation of modern food science. Thus, to improve your nutrition simply start thinking about, whether or N3T you are eating real food4 5re you a !ast !ood junkie4 QUESTION" &t is not that & eat fries and not raw vegetables because & am la6y, it is because the !rench fries taste awesome and raw vegetables taste like grass. How does anyone learn to like food that is good for you4 ANSWER" 7elieve me, !rench fries don8t taste awesome, nor does eating healthy mean eating only raw vegetables. !ood tastes are more a function of what we are used to eating, then they are an innate property of the foods that we eat. 'ou think that !rench fries taste awesome simply because you are addicted to your high fat, salt, and sugar diet. To change your food preferences, simply learn how to change your diet. .ost health conscious individuals now mistakenly think of food in terms of protein, fat, or carbohydrates. Thinking about protein9rich, fat9rich, or carbohydrate9rich whole food is better. .ost real foods consist of a blend of protein, fat, and carbohydrates. Protein, fat, and carbohydrates are usually not isolated in nature. #tarting in the nineteenth century, food processing science discovered how to isolate protein, fat, and carbohydrates from whole foods. This lead to the development of junk food. 5nd, today 0112 artificial junk food is being sold as real food. However, not all processed food is junk food. &ndeed, avoiding all processed food would be very difficult to do in the modern world. unk food, thus, should be viewed as food that has been processed to the e%treme. The easiest way to improve nutrition is by buying produce from local grocery store. 5ll food sold in plastic bags, bo%es, or in cans is processed food. To improve nutrition simply start reading food labels. 'ou may be surprised to learn that the so9called healthy juice that you have been drinking is more a creation of food science than .other Nature. .ost junk foods

contain less than :2 of the recommended daily allowances */;5, of any one of eight basic nutrients. /emember, that all processed foods are designed to enrich the profits of food companies, rather than to enrich your nutrition. To improve nutrition and natural health simply stop eating unk !ood$ 5void eating processed food that is more artificial than real. 5void eating processed foods that contain too much junk, like high9fructose corn syrup, saturated fat, or salt. &t is okay to eat processed foods that contain only a moderate amount of processing. These acceptable foods contain more real ingredients than products of food science. !urther, some foods actually re<uire processing. Whole grains as harvested are generally not consumed directly by humans, but re<uire some type of processing *e.g., milling of grains, prior to consumption. The more real or whole foods that you eat, the more you will improve your nutrition and the healthier you will become..

#top =ating unk !ood$ 5lways consider the <uality of the food that you are eating. 5void these common unk !oods" Do NOT eat at Fast Food Restaurants. ;o N3T eat anything ;eep !ried or otherwise saturated with some type of hydrogenated vegetable oil, trans fatty acids, or saturated fat. Do NOT eat anything sold in vending ma hines. /eal food does N3T come out of plastic bags. ;o N3T eat chips, pret6els, popcorn, crackers, etc. Do NOT eat !asteries" a#es" or oo#ies. =at fewer highly refined9grain, rapidly digested carbohydrates and more whole9 grain, slowly digested, carbohydrates. Pasteries, cakes, and cookies are high in saturated fat. Do NOT eat $ro essed Foods more man made than real. &n other words, drink orange juice, the real deal, N3T >Tang> the drink of astronauts. Do NOT eat any #ind o% andy. Do NOT turn a salad into &un# Food" 'y in luding too mu h heese" meat" or saturating it (ith any #ind o% !ro essed salad dressing.