3 ms·
Yet adding xanthum gum or any sort of thickening agents to a food would make it ultra processed. Both of those have no nutritional value. Why does nutritional v
by Kirby64 3y ago
Yet adding xanthum gum or any sort of thickening agents to a food would make it ultra processed. Both of those have no nutritional value. Why does nutritional value have any relation to if something is ultra processed? It certainly doesn’t matter from a classification standpoint.
- stakhanov 3y agoMedicine is "ultra-processed" as well, and goes in your mouth, but the study is certainly not implying that medicine, on the balance of probabilies, is unhealthy for you. That's where it makes a difference. It's not "don't put anything in your mouth that's ultra-processed", it's "don't rely exclusively/mostly on ultra-processed stuff to replace healthy food intake".