Manufactured Foods
When we look at nutrition it is important to make the distinction between processed foods and raw foods.
Processed foods are those foods that man has altered in some way.
They have been changed from their natural state for one reason or another.
Most of the food consumed in modern society these days is in the form of processed foods.
If it is in a can, packet, box, bucket, carton or bottle it has been tampered with by man!
So why is food processed? It is processed in an attempt to make it taste better, last longer or be quicker to prepare.
To achieve these goals manufacturers have added chemicals and flavorings to the original raw foods.
All of these chemicals added to foods effect your health in some way, most of the time in a negative way.
Why are these chemicals added?
The driving force behind adding these chemicals to the original raw foods was not to increase the nutrient content of the original food to make it healthier for the human body but the reason is to make food last longer on the shelf or taste better, so ultimately you will buy more and make someone more money!
Manufacturing of foods is not done with your health outcomes in mind, so that is why the downward spiraling of health in modern society is the way it is!
That's right it comes back to money.
Food processing has nothing to do with increasing the quality of foods and there is not much concern about how these additives will affect your health long-term.
As we know the reasons why a human is supposed to eat food is to provide the body with nutrients for building blocks of tissues, cells and hormones, enzymes for metabolic reactions, and protective nutrients to prevent diseases occurring at the cellular level.
When the majority of food in a persons' diet is processed then they are missing the vital functions of real food from mother nature thus suffer from disease more frequently.