Processed food are used to cut enhance shelf llife, make things looks food artificially tasty or sweet enough to tempt you, reduce manufacture cost and cut corners at your body or health expense.
This is what being highlighted in the Yahoo shine column. It is Yahoooo for your health if you follow the advice to eat real food without being processed as much as possible. otherwise, your body get bloated up, skin rashes, or having the migrane of your life when you are paying the doctor bill, just to tell you that you are not eating right at all to your health and body naturally by ingesting Aspartamate, HFCS or MSG.
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