Processed foods cause inflammation, a source of most chronic illnesses as well as stress.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I try not to eat processed foods, well, ever. If it comes from a lab or a factory, I don't want it.
I believe that stress is a factor in any bad health.
Research has shown that even small amounts of processed food alter the chemical balance in our brain and cause negative mood swings along with noticeable dips ill energy.
Stress exacerbates any problem, whether it's diabetes, heart trouble, MS, or whatever.
I'm still not comfortable recommending that people eat saturated fat with abandon, but it's clear to me that sugar, flour and oxidized seed oils create inflammatory effects in the body that almost certainly bear most of the responsibility for elevating heart disease risk.
There's a lot of processed food in America and I know that can make some tourists who're used to fresh food feel sick.
The vast preponderance of evidence in modern epidemiology shows that those who eat more whole plant foods and fewer animal products and processed foods have lower rates of chronic disease and longer lifespans.
I think of stress as the creator of cancer and heart attacks, like a tiny little ball you feed. I believe that one of the reasons I've never got ill is that I'm not stressed.
Certain foods, such as meat, appear to harbour toxic bacteria - known as endotoxins - that can trigger inflammation in your arteries, even when food is fully cooked.
Health food makes me sick.