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Default What are processed foods?

A Moose in Love wrote:
> On Apr 3, 2:58 am, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>> I just looked this up because I realized that I really didn't know
>> for sure. But it looks to me like if it isn't raw meat, fruit or
>> vegetables, it is processed.
>>
>> Nuts out of the shell are processed. Milk is processed. So are
>> cheese and yogurt. If it's frozen? It's processed. Even if it is
>> simply vegetables
>> or fruit with nothing added. Flour would be processed. So would rice
>> and pasta of all kinds. Anything in a can is processed. Dried foods
>> are processed. If you cook it? You've processed it.
>>
>> So I'd be willing to bet that unless you are a raw vegan whole
>> foodist, you are eating processed foods!

>
> Whenever I'm on the West Coast, I catch me some banana slugs and eat
> em' raw. They're like 6" long snails without shells. I swallow em'
> up live. My stomach processes them though.


Um... I think I'll pass.