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Well lumping packaged cookies and cured meats together is already part of the problem. The former is bad in excess because of the high calories and poor lipid p
by anon84873628 1y ago
Well lumping packaged cookies and cured meats together is already part of the problem. The former is bad in excess because of the high calories and poor lipid profile. The latter because of colon cancer risk.
The problem with processed foods is not their individual construction per se, but how overall bad diets are easily enabled by them.
As far as studies go, I can't give you one that directly controls. But look at the "30 plants per week" topic, which suggests that overall diversity of fiber consumption is more correlated to health than any specific details of the diet.
- giantg2 1y agoThe 30 plants per week stuff looks like it's mostly based off one citizen science study that acknowledges that it focused on healthy adults, had underrepresented groups, and it didn't directly tie the diet to health outcomes or longevity. It looks like it was focused on the diversity of the microbiome. Other studies have looked at various microbiome related factors, but it doesn't look like any directly study the 30 plants per week part. Various sources even acknowledge that salty, sugary, and fatty processed foods can also be responsible for decreased microbiome diversity and increased levels of bacteria associated with negative health outcomes. Most also stress the whole foods point. It doesn't appear that any control for the source of the plant point related to processed foods - eg was there a cohort that ate non-fermented pickles, sun chips, potato chips, fruit wines, etc to compare with whole food plant based diets. So based on the studies around your 30 plants topics, even they make the point about choosing whole food or minimally processed sources.