There’s not much hysteria in that highly processed foods tend to give less satiety relative to both their calorie density and nutrient content (since your diges

There’s not much hysteria in that highly processed foods tend to give less satiety relative to both their calorie density and nutrient content (since your digestive process and signals don’t trip the same way they do with whole foods). That alone is a good enough reason to avoid highly processed foods in many cases. It’s not always true, but it’s more often true than not.