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I do not understand your quarrel with a chicken breast being unprocessed. It is extracted, yes, but the actual thing that you eat has its original consistency,

I do not understand your quarrel with a chicken breast being unprocessed. It is extracted, yes, but the actual thing that you eat has its original consistency, therefore is unprocessed. Is it a perfect categorisation method? No, such does not exist. Is it immensely more useful than the other categorisation methods that we have, and does it correlate with negative health effects ? For sure. The idea about ultra processed food cause overconsumption just because of their hyperpalatability is questionable and questioned, as ultra processed food contains a myriad of novel molecules that our digestive system has never encountered. A leading theory is that these molecules circumvent our satiation detection mechanisms, along with their hyperpalatability.

humanrebar 2y ago
A better argument against chicken breast is that the commercial chickens have been selectively bred, fed, and treated with not-found-in-nature medicines to the point that they don't resemble a "natural" ingredient anymore. This would be in contrast to wild poultry like wild duck, goose, turkey, pheasant, squab, etc.
- watwut 2y ago
  The same goes for vegetables and fruits. What we eat has nothing to do with what would you find in the nature.
  - HeyLaughingBoy 2y ago
    Let's not go crazy here. There are wild apples, wild plums, wild grapes, and metric tonnes of wild raspberries growing on my property. They all taste more or less like the supermarket variety. The main difference is that they are noticeably smaller. The black raspberries in particular do taste much better though and are roughly the same size as store-bought. But saying that they have nothing to do with what's commercially available is a cheap shot.
- strken 2y ago
  Why would this be the case? What quantifiable difference is there in health outcomes between people who eat one or the other?

humanrebar 2y ago

A better argument against chicken breast is that the commercial chickens have been selectively bred, fed, and treated with not-found-in-nature medicines to the point that they don't resemble a "natural" ingredient anymore. This would be in contrast to wild poultry like wild duck, goose, turkey, pheasant, squab, etc.

watwut 2y ago
The same goes for vegetables and fruits. What we eat has nothing to do with what would you find in the nature.
- HeyLaughingBoy 2y ago
  Let's not go crazy here. There are wild apples, wild plums, wild grapes, and metric tonnes of wild raspberries growing on my property. They all taste more or less like the supermarket variety. The main difference is that they are noticeably smaller. The black raspberries in particular do taste much better though and are roughly the same size as store-bought. But saying that they have nothing to do with what's commercially available is a cheap shot.
strken 2y ago
Why would this be the case? What quantifiable difference is there in health outcomes between people who eat one or the other?