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Re:Nobody knows why ultra-processed foods are bad for you by resonious on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @07:43PM (#42251744)
Why on earth do they include the word "ultra" when the definition is "literally any amount of any additive"?
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Re:Nobody knows why ultra-processed foods are bad for you by Spooky23 on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @08:18PM (#42251969)
Because the whole premise is being bike-shedded out of existence.

On paper, fruity pebbles and Cheerios are pretty similar. But the dyes, sugar, etc make it a very different product. Sorta how we pump sugar into yogurt, spray it on as a frosting and peddle it like it’s actual, healthy yogurt.

A great way to undermine the argument is to make the terminology and classification impossible.

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