Thanks to Jeff for his thoughtful essays and thought-provoking questions.
>So.. is refined white flour, refined sugar, soy oil, cotton
>seed oil, and highly processed tomatoes and corn junk? What
>about frozen potato products, hamburger, canned chilli?
>Potato chips, canned soda, breakfast bars, canned spaghetti,
>puddings?
The short answer in my opinion is, yes.
I do not think there is any compelling argument that such processed food
must be junk. I believe that it must be possible to take fresh ingredients
and create safe, healthy foods that can be --to a certain extent--stored
and shipped.
But in practice, store food is mostly junk, because of the profit motive
that drives processed food industries. The ingredients are not there for
their nutritional value but for their contribution to the corporate bottom
line.
Terry J. Klokeid, Ph.D.
Amblewood Organic Farm
Fulford Harbour BC
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