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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with OP.

We eat white rice and tortillas. I get that they're highly processed but I'm not willing to give them up. We also eat black beans. I guess not highly processed.

Butter? Cheese? Flour? Steel cut oatmeal? Heavy cream?[/quote]

None of those foods are what folks refer to as ultra processed. Ultra processed typically refers to prepackaged foods like cheetoes that could only be made through an industrial process in a factory. Cheerios are in the middle. Some things are more processed than others and it seems common sense to me which ones are towards the ultra end. Even OP seems to understand what foods are more processed than others (Cheerios are more processed than oats). The question is deliberately obtuse.

Whether industrial processing is necessarily nutritionally degrading is a reasonable question. I think it makes sense that there’s a general trend towards foods being more palatable and easier to overeat as it becomes more processed. But it doesn’t strike me as insane to think claims about ultra processed foods are overstated by some people. [/quote]

Cheetohs and Cheerios are yummy.

Part of the Cheerios process infuses vitamins.[/quote]

Adding vitamins, aka fortifying, is processing. Is it highly processed when you add random "chemicals?"[/quote]

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