Effects of Processed Foods on Our Health
In reality, we don’t live near our food sources and must purchase food that we can store. We also often don’t have much time to cook, thus require semi-prepared food that will not need lots of time to prepare for these reasons, we always find processed food to be convenient. Not all processed foods are harmful; for example, fruits canned in their juice and pre-canned vegetable are healthy foods. However, we need to be careful as the convenience of highly processed food can mean excessive amounts of hidden sugar, sodium, and fats. There are various types of processed foods which include;
- Milk
- Cereals
- Bread
- cheese
- potato chips
- cookies
There are also various techniques for processing foods, any processed foods can either be canned, frozen, baked, pasteurized or dried. There are multiple processing levels that foods go through; for vegetables, they can first be cleaned, chopped, divided and then sold in …
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