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Absolutely. The Western diet primarily has very little variety in it. 55% of our diet comes from boxes/processed food which is almost entirely made up of only
by thorwasdfasdf 6y ago
Absolutely. The Western diet primarily has very little variety in it. 55% of our diet comes from boxes/processed food which is almost entirely made up of only 3 things: Oil, Processed flour, sugar, and maybe some dairy. The vast majority of our diet is: meat, dairy, oil, sugar and flour. Oil and Sugar have 0 nutrients. Highly processed flour has little nutrients, but it does have some: the problem it's super deficient in potassium, magnesium and iron.
So, the same eating pattern gets exploited day in day out and people end up deficient in the things you mentioned, plus potassium.
- WillDaSilva 6y agoI think you're confused about the meaning of "nutrient". Oils, or more generally fats/lipids, are macronutrients[1], as is the case with sugar and "highly processed flour". A diet with a variety of different foods (whether they come in boxes or are "processed" is irrelevant in general) and a good balance of macronutrients and micronutrients is healthy. I'd say the largest public health issue related to this is that most people eat an overabundance of carbs. The next most important is that people don't eat a large enough variety of foods (or supplements) to get sufficient micronutrients. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutrient https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutrient
- thorwasdfasdf 6y agoI mean, it has not micronutrients: minerals and vitamins.