{"id":3514,"date":"2023-05-10T18:13:25","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T11:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/the-simplest-way-to-know-if-a-food-is-actually-good-for-you\/"},"modified":"2023-05-10T18:13:25","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T11:13:25","slug":"the-simplest-way-to-know-if-a-food-is-actually-good-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=3514","title":{"rendered":"The Simplest Way To Know If A Food Is Actually Good For You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindbodygreen-res.cloudinary.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_403,w_1120,h_629\/c_fill,w_700,h_400,g_auto,q_85,fl_lossy,f_jpg\/org\/ya0vbnrk9jrcbcsxl.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Things like high-fructose corn syrup and trans fats are two highly publicized examples. When we think of highly processed foods, we think of McDonald\u2019s, KFC, or food you might buy at the gas station. But do most people think about yogurt, pasta, or even oatmeal as being processed?<\/p>\n<p>But as real-food visionary and endocrinologist <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3nNR7i3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3nNR7i3\">Robert Lustig, MD, says<\/a>, \u201cIt\u2019s not what\u2019s <em>in the food<\/em>\u2014 it\u2019s what\u2019s <em>been done to the food<\/em> that counts.\u201d In other words, people get a little too hung up on whether it\u2019s sugar or fat or salt that we should be avoiding in our food, and forget to look at the other dimensions of what\u2019s on our plate.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, depending on which brand you happen to snag at the store, your yogurt might not be just cow\u2019s milk fermented with some good-for-your-gut microbes\u2014 it could also include fat replaces and \u201cnatural flavors\u201d that are just chemicals designed to smell like the real fruit they have neglected to actually include in that \u201cblueberry\u201d yogurt. Artificial sweeteners are everywhere, and some like aspartame are <span data-citation-wrapper=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosmedicine\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pmed.1003950\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosmedicine\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pmed.1003950\" data-citation-link=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">associated with a greater risk of cancer<\/a><a href=\"#citations\" data-citation-number=\"4\">4<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"11\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 11 10\"><path d=\"M10.5616 1.47255C10.7935 1.16327 10.7308 0.724508 10.4216 0.492549C10.1123 0.26059 9.67352 0.323271 9.44156 0.63255L4.41852 7.32996L2.03106 4.54448C1.77947 4.25094 1.33756 4.21694 1.04403 4.46853C0.750497 4.72012 0.716495 5.16203 0.968084 5.45556L3.77335 8.72851C3.81859 8.84955 3.89785 8.9595 4.0089 9.04279C4.09758 9.1093 4.19691 9.15159 4.29895 9.17078C4.51931 9.23643 4.76744 9.19227 4.955 9.03151C5.07764 8.92639 5.15498 8.78804 5.18511 8.64118L10.5616 1.47255Z\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/span>. So we have starches, gums, thickeners, and sugars going in, and fiber, fat, and micronutrients coming out, and often we have no idea what the wizard is doing behind the curtain to make it all happen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1675549\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Things like high-fructose corn syrup and trans fats are two highly publicized examples. When we think of highly processed foods, we think of McDonald\u2019s, KFC, or food you might buy at the gas station. But do most people think about yogurt, pasta, or even oatmeal as being processed? 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