Anonymous
Post 10/12/2025 10:52     Subject: Does processed food make you feel like crap?
More apples, tea, lean beef and chicken and less Twinkies, soda, store bought pizza and chips.
Anonymous
Post 10/12/2025 10:51     Subject: Does processed food make you feel like crap?
We stopped eating fast food in our 30s. In our 40s and 50s we noticed mass market restaurant food (Cheesecake Factory, Outback, etc.) make us feel off...the salt, chemicals, "flavorings," alliums they stick in to make blad food "yummy." We only eat at home or high end restaurants.
Anonymous
Post 10/12/2025 10:51     Subject: Re:Does processed food make you feel like crap?
Absolutely, yes. I couldn’t survive on junk.
Anonymous
Post 10/12/2025 10:46     Subject: Does processed food make you feel like crap?
Processed foods and artificial sweeteners can raise inflammation in joints and muscles. They can also damage the microbiome in the gut; the good bacteria in the colon to digest carbs, proteins and fats properly. Finally, they make your liver work overtime, because they're unnatural, so it doesn't know how to process them.
Anonymous
Post 10/12/2025 10:27     Subject: Does processed food make you feel like crap?
My diet is pretty clean, with most of my meals prepared at home and from scratch. However, this was not always the case. I attribute being older, knowing better, and subsequently doing better to the change.

I very rarely eat fast food. I don't think I've gone to McDonald's in a few years. I think when you start consistently eating better, your body frowns on anything falling too far outside of your new norm.

Another factor that plays into my diet is my obsession with cleanliness. I assume a lot of people don't wash their hands, and they don't cover their mouths and hair. I worry about unclean habits/germs, but I trust myself the most to ensure my food is prepared properly.
Anonymous
Post 10/12/2025 07:24     Subject: Does processed food make you feel like crap?
I grew up abroad eating different foods, but it was the sugar that got me here at 18. I started to put on weight even thought I was still active. I ate whatever the host family ate, but also all their fruits.
Highly processed foods get to me now in late 40s. My knees and stomach hurt within 30 minutes. White bread or white flour are the worst. I have to use organic flour for pancakes.
The worst is that I think of my next meal as I'm eating processed food/junk food. Not happy about that at all. I noticed it because it doesn't happen when I go back home and eat their diet.
Not even McDonalds there makes me thing about my next meal as I eat.
Anonymous
Post 10/12/2025 07:09     Subject: Does processed food make you feel like crap?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I’m in my 40s and now processed food makes me feel horrible. It started gradually in my 30s. Stuff like cakes, sugary candy, and their highly processed stuff make me feel like crap….super tired, aching body.

These things are a part of the standard American diet and I wondered is everyone else feeling like crap? Or am I particularly sensitive to these foods?


Processed food is crap and makes most adults feel crappy.


No, they don’t. Most people feel happy and satisfied after eating processed food. That is why they sell and why they are dangerous.


Not me, which is why I mostly avoid it. Agree with OP.
Anonymous
Post 10/11/2025 22:48     Subject: Does processed food make you feel like crap?
Anonymous wrote:I’m in my 40s and now processed food makes me feel horrible. It started gradually in my 30s. Stuff like cakes, sugary candy, and their highly processed stuff make me feel like crap….super tired, aching body.

These things are a part of the standard American diet and I wondered is everyone else feeling like crap? Or am I particularly sensitive to these foods?


I mean, bread, wine, milk, cheese are all processed foods. They don’t make me feel like crap?
Anonymous
Post 10/11/2025 22:37     Subject: Re:Does processed food make you feel like crap?
Anonymous wrote:I have always tried to eat healthy but to be honest, I have never felt any different eating junk vs healthy foods. I wonder if this is psychological for some people. Too bad they can't do a blind taste test for this since you can obviously tell what you are eating.


+1

Our feelings don't always tell what is good and healthy, with food, and with life in general actually.
Anonymous
Post 10/11/2025 22:20     Subject: Re:Does processed food make you feel like crap?
I have always tried to eat healthy but to be honest, I have never felt any different eating junk vs healthy foods. I wonder if this is psychological for some people. Too bad they can't do a blind taste test for this since you can obviously tell what you are eating.
Anonymous
Post 10/11/2025 21:36     Subject: Does processed food make you feel like crap?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP here. It’s more than carbs that make me sick. It’s processed meats too. things like pepperoni, fried chicken, and sausage. I love the taste of these things, but if I eat them I feel very sluggish, tired, and my body starts to hurt.


That's the preservatives that are toxic to you body. Sodium Nitrites and Sodium Nitrates in particular.


Toxic in what way? What does toxic mean? What do all preservatives have in common to cause harm?
Anonymous
Post 10/11/2025 21:33     Subject: Does processed food make you feel like crap?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I’m in my 40s and now processed food makes me feel horrible. It started gradually in my 30s. Stuff like cakes, sugary candy, and their highly processed stuff make me feel like crap….super tired, aching body.

These things are a part of the standard American diet and I wondered is everyone else feeling like crap? Or am I particularly sensitive to these foods?


Processed food is crap and makes most adults feel crappy.


No, they don’t. Most people feel happy and satisfied after eating processed food. That is why they sell and why they are dangerous.
Anonymous
Post 10/11/2025 21:32     Subject: Does processed food make you feel like crap?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I’m in my 40s and now processed food makes me feel horrible. It started gradually in my 30s. Stuff like cakes, sugary candy, and their highly processed stuff make me feel like crap….super tired, aching body.

These things are a part of the standard American diet and I wondered is everyone else feeling like crap? Or am I particularly sensitive to these foods?


This is unspecific and insipid to the point of meaninglessness.

And "processed food" is a huge category in which the foods in it literally only have the fact that they are processed in common. So it is literally impossible that they all have the same effect on you.

Applesauce is a processed food. Pop Tarts are processed. Slim Jims are processed. Pickles are processed. They ALL make you feel the same way?


This ^

OP you probably meant to say "high-carb diet and foods high in processed sugars such as HFCS/sucrose/fake sweeteners" and don't forget the preservatives.

Preservatives are often overlooked, but most are toxic, that's how they preserve the food from spoiling, by being mildly toxic at the dosages in the foods.

Also some form carcinogens, such as potassium benzoate or sodium benzoate.... the benzo should be a red flag to anyone who took basic Chem classes, as they react with acids to form some nasty stuff.


It is not accurate to say most preservatives are toxic; many are actually common food ingredients like salt, sugar, and vinegar, or natural compounds like benzoic acid found in berries. Preservatives do not work by poisoning humans; they inhibit microbes or slow chemical reactions in food under specific conditions. Regulatory agencies like the FDA and EFSA require large safety margins between the levels allowed in food and the doses that could cause harm. For example, benzoates have acceptable daily intake limits that are far below any toxic threshold. The word "benzo" in benzoate refers to benzoic acid, not benzene, and in acidic foods it simply converts to benzoic acid, which is the form that helps prevent spoilage. The concern about benzene formation comes from rare cases when benzoate and vitamin C (ascorbic acid) are both present and the product is exposed to heat or light, but manufacturers have long since reformulated to avoid that. Benzoates themselves are not carcinogenic at approved levels. In short, preservatives are safe at regulated amounts, and claims that they are "mildly toxic" or inherently carcinogenic misrepresent how they actually work.


Big Chem has entered the chat.
TLDR. Learn more about what you are talking about and stop being a pedantic pest.


Pedantic-ism is better than Galenism.
Anonymous
Post 10/11/2025 21:29     Subject: Does processed food make you feel like crap?
Anonymous wrote:I’m in my 40s and now processed food makes me feel horrible. It started gradually in my 30s. Stuff like cakes, sugary candy, and their highly processed stuff make me feel like crap….super tired, aching body.

These things are a part of the standard American diet and I wondered is everyone else feeling like crap? Or am I particularly sensitive to these foods?


Processed food is crap and makes most adults feel crappy.
Anonymous
Post 10/11/2025 21:28     Subject: Does processed food make you feel like crap?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP here. It’s more than carbs that make me sick. It’s processed meats too. things like pepperoni, fried chicken, and sausage. I love the taste of these things, but if I eat them I feel very sluggish, tired, and my body starts to hurt.


It's common knowledge that greasy fried food makes you feel gross. Add in the tons of salt and it's no surprise you feel like a bloated whale.

Just eat in moderation and pair with healthy. I like the cool crispness of cucumbers after eating a serving of fries for example.
And we go on evening walks too especially after restaurant food.
And drink plenty of water.


Greasy fried food is bad for health. 100%. But it doesn't make me feel anything when I eat it.