Weight Loss and Cutting Out Processed Foods
Processed foods are everywhere. Adam Smith covered this in economics with the division of labour, which is what we've taken to extremes nowadays. Which includes the way our food is made and prepared. Some of our food is produced fairly close to the way our ancestors would have made it, albeit in larger quantities. Bread - apart from some of the extra additives - has been made roughly the same way since Roman times, probably earlier. But even then, the varieties of flour have changed to allow more intensive farming. But that's splitting hairs. The real issue is food that our ancestors wouldn't recognise. Which means that our bodies aren't adapted to it either. The more processed our food is, the more difficulty we have in digesting it. Which can lead to knock on effects on our weight. It's not easy to escape all processing but it is possible to reduce it quite a bit. The quickest way to ensure that your food is to do as much of your own cooking as poss...