| Every day, 7 percent of the U.S.
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| | 80 found similar results. Men whose
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| population visits a McDonald's, and
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| | eating habits fell into the "processed"
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| 20-25 percent eat fast food of some kind,
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| | pattern (processed meats, red meat,
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| says Steven Gortmaker, professor of
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| | organ meats, refined grains,
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| society, human development, and health
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| | vegetable oils and soft drinks) had
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| at the Harvard School of Public
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| | a significantly higher risk of
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| Health. As for children, 30 percent
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| | prostate cancer than men in the other
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| between the ages of 4 and 19 eat fast
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| | groups. Men who ate the most
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| food on any given day. But
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| | processed foods had a 2.5-fold increased
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| that's just the tip of the iceberg.
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| | prostate cancer risk. Yet
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| Americans get processed food not
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| | another study published in the journal
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| only from fast-food restaurants but also
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| | Cancer Epidemiology, Mile Markers,
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| from their neighborhood grocery
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| | and Prevention found that refined
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| stores. As it stands, about 90 percent
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| | carbohydrates like white flour,
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| of the money that Americans spend on
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| | sugar and high fructose corn syrup is
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| food is used to buy--that's
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| | also linked to cancer. The study of
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| right--processed foods. Think
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| | more than 1,800 women in Mexico
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| about it ... if it comes in a box, can,
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| | found that those who got 57 percent
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| bag or carton, it's processed. The
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| | or more of their total energy intake
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| fact that these foods are so readily
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| | from refined carbohydrates had a 220
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| available, and, often, of such poor
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| | percent higher risk of breast cancer
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| quality, has led some, like associate
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| | than women who ate more balanced
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| professor of pediatrics at Harvard
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| | diets.
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| David Ludwig, to say that they're
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| | Acrylamide, a
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| actually discouraging healthy eating and
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| | carcinogenic substance that forms when
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| leading to a "toxic
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| | foods are heated at high
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| environment." "There's the incessant
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| | temperatures, such as during baking or
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| advertising and marketing of the
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| | frying, is also a concern. Processed
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| poorest quality foods imaginable. To
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| | foods like French fries and potato
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| address this epidemic, you'd want to
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| | chips have shown elevated levels of the
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| make healthful foods widely available,
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| | substance, according to the Center
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| inexpensive, and convenient, and
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| | for Science in the Public Interest
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| unhealthful foods relatively less so.
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| | (CSPI). "I estimate that
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| Instead, we've done the opposite,"
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| | acrylamide causes several thousand
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| says Ludwig. Processed foods have,
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| | cancers per year in Americans," said
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| indeed, been implicated in a host of
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| | Clark University research professor
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| chronic diseases and health
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| | Dale Hattis. Food Additives: Unknown
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| conditions that are currently
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| | Effects The Food and Drug
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| plaguing the nation. What follows is
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| | Administration (FDA) maintains a list of
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| just a taste of the risks processed
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| | over 3,000 chemicals that are added
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| foods may present to your health.
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| | to the processed food supply. These
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| | compounds do various things to food: add
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| Obesity The World Health
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| | color, stabilize, texturize,
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| Organization (WHO) says processed foods
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| | preserve, sweeten, thicken, add flavor,
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| are to blame for the sharp rise in
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| | soften, emulsify and more.
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| obesity (and chronic disease) seen
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| | Some of these additives have never been
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| around the world. In one study by
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| | tested for safety--and require no
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| Ludwig and colleagues, children who ate
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| | government approval--but instead belong
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| processed fast foods in a restaurant
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| | to the FDA's "Generally Recognized
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| ate 126 more calories than on days
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| | as Safe" (GRAS) list. An item is
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| they did not. Over the course of a
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| | "safe," as defined by Congress, if there
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| year, this could translate into 13
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| | is "reasonable certainty that no
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| pounds of weight gain just from fast
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| | harm will result from use of an
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| food. "The food industry would love
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| | additive." Some compounds that are
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| to explain obesity as a problem of
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| | known to be toxic to humans or animals
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| personal responsibility, since it takes
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| | are also allowed, though at the
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| the onus off them for marketing fast
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| | level of 1/100th of the amount that
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| food, soft drinks, and other
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| | is considered harmful. Potential
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| high-calorie, low-quality products,"
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| | side effects from the additives vary, and
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| Ludwig says. However, "When you have
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| | are controversial. For just one
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| calories that are incredibly cheap,
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| | common food additive, monosodium
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| in a culture where 'bigger is better,'
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| | glutamate (MSG), for example, the
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| that's a dangerous combination,"
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| | following symptoms have been
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| says Walter Willett, M.D., D.P.H.,
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| | reported:
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| professor of epidemiology and
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| nutrition at the Harvard School of Public
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| | Numbness
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| Health. Diabetes "In the
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| last 50 years, the extent of processing
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| has increased so much that prepared
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| | Burning sensation
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| breakfast cereals--even without
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| |
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| added sugar--act exactly like sugar
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| |
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| itself ... As far as our hormones
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| | Tingling
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| and metabolism are concerned, there's
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| |
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| no difference between a bowl of
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| unsweetened corn flakes and a bowl
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| | Facial pressure or tightness
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| of table sugar. Starch is 100-percent
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| glucose [table sugar is half
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| |
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| glucose, half fructose] and our bodies
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| | Chest pain
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| can digest it into sugar instantly,"
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| |
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| says Ludwig. "We are not adapted to
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| |
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| handle fast-acting carbohydrates.
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| | Headache
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| Glucose is the gold standard of
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| energy metabolism. The brain is
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| exquisitely dependent on having a
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| | Nausea
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| continuous supply of glucose: too
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| |
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| low a glucose level poses an immediate
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| | Rapid
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| threat to survival. [But] too high a
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| | heartbeat
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| level causes damage to tissues, as
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| |
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| with diabetes," he continued. Heart
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| |
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| Disease Many processed foods
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| | Drowsiness
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| contain trans fatty acids (TFA), a
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| dangerous type of fat. According to
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| the American Heart Association,
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| | Weakness
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| "TFAs tend to raise LDL ("bad")
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| cholesterol and lower HDL ("good")
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| cholesterol ... These changes may
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| | Difficulty breathing for asthmatics
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| increase the risk of heart
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| disease." Further, most processed
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| | As is the case with most
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| foods are extremely high in salt,
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| | food additives, some people have no
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| another blow to the heart. One-half
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| | side effects, but others may become
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| cup of Campbell's Chicken Noodle
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| | ill.This article was provided by the
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| processed food," says Tim Lang,
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| | thinking: "holistic living" means
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