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What Is Processing

In the times of early man and really before the industrial revolution processed foods did not
exist. There were no aisles filled with Twinkies, apple pies or cookies. There were no drive thrus
where one can get French fries, chicken nuggets and chili cheese fries.

All food was obtained from natural sources, like the earth and hunting and the human diet was
comprised of meat, fruit and vegetables, all eaten in their natural state, many times cooked
over an open flame or an early version of the modern stove or oven which ran on wood.

While some processing is still involved in all foods we eat, unless we stick with a completely

100% raw food diet, for example, cooking is a
form of processing or grinding steak into
hamburger, that is not the definition of
processing we refer to here.

There is an inherent difference between
mechanical and chemical processing.

Chemical processing means that food has been
altered from its original state and then

becomes refined with additives, preservatives
and other ingredients that make it “highly
processed” and turn a one ingredient food item into a 3, 4 or more ingredient dish.

Refined is another term used for highly processed food.

In summary, any food that is not eaten in its original “whole state” is then processed or
refined.

An apple is a whole food, apple pie is not.

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