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I think it's disingenuous to say that cornmeal is just animal feed. Polenta has been a thing for a long time.
by SketchySeaBeast 3y ago
I think it's disingenuous to say that cornmeal is just animal feed. Polenta has been a thing for a long time.
- cassianoleal 3y agoAnd it's awesome, especially fried!
- solardev 3y agoWho needs food science when you've got hot liquid fat?
- IshKebab 3y agoYeah that's like saying "sandwiches are just ground up wheat, plus a ton of delicious filling to make them taste good"
- nielsbot 3y agoNot quite--I assume sandwich fillings are food. Doritos are coated w flavor powder.
- rootusrootus 3y ago> flavor powder Which seems to qualify as food, as well. Cheese, whey, milk, buttermilk, onion powder, MSG, etc. Nothing too scary on the list.
- nielsbot 3y agoFair point!
- xormapmap 3y agoMost bread you get from a supermarket (even outside the US) is highly processed garbage, as are many common sandwich fillings (mayo, salami, margarine). The typical sandwich is probably up there with many of the other least healthy things you could eat, so yeah, ground up wheat with filling to make it taste good is probably fair.
- hombre_fatal 3y agoI don’t see how that’s the case except for a fear of “processing”. I plug two slices of commercial whole wheat store bought bread into Cronometer and it has an impressive mineral breakdown and 14% of the day's nutrient needs.
- fatfingerd 3y agoLack of bioavailability analysis and links between processed meat and cancer are fears... of the established scientific community.
- hombre_fatal 3y agoSure. This thread is talking about bread. Processed wheat products like bread and seitan are nutrient dense foods usually caught in the social media meme diet crossfire.
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- ahoka 3y agoBread is ultra processed.
- hombre_fatal 3y agoYes, so is chocolate and tofu. Why should I care unless it's bad for me? Using processing as an end-all heuristic loses sight of the characteristic that the heuristic is trying to approximate.
- maxk42 3y agoBioavailability isn't the while story: some foods can be too bioavailable (and not great for you when consuming too much) such as sugars which can cause your body to form inappropriate hormonal signals and disrupt normal satiety. (Looking at you, fructose!) Additionally, there are literally thousands of antinutrients, toxins, carcinogens, and endocrine disruptors that simply aren't accounted for in normal nutritional analyses.
- Cerium 3y agoSince you don't even have to add the flavors to make corn meal taste good. Look at Fritos - corn + oil + salt.
- copperx 3y agoMexico also consumes millions of tortillas every day made of exactly that.
- ahoka 3y agoNot all maize are created equal.