If I ask you what constitutes "bad" eating, the kind that leads to obesity and a variety of connected diseases, you"re likely to answer, "Salt, fat and sugar." Yet that"s not a(n) 1 answer.
We don"t know everything about the dietary 2 to chronic disease, but the best-qualified people argue that real food is more likely to promote health and less likely to cause disease than hyper-processed food. And we can further 3 that message: Minimally processed food—Real Food—should 4 our diets.
Real food solves the salt/fat/sugar problem. Yes, excess salt may cause high blood pressure, and 5 sodium intake in people with high blood pressure helps. 6 salt is only one of several risk factors in developing high blood pressure, and those who eat a diverse diet and few processed foods need not 7 about salt intake. "Fat" is a complicated topic. Most naturally occurring fats are probably essential, but too much of some fats seems 8 . Eat real food 9 your fat intake will probably be fine. "Sugar" has come to 10 the entire group of processed, nutritionally worthless caloric sweeteners. All appear to be damaging because they"re added sugars, as 11 to naturally occurring ones. 12 : Sugar is not the only enemy. The enemy is hyper-processed food, 13 sugar.
We know that eating real food is a general solution, but a large part of our dietary problems might 14 from the consumption of caloric sweeteners and/or hyper-processed carbs. For example, how to limit the intake of sugar A soda tax is a (n) 15 , proper labeling would be helpful, and—quite possibly most important, 16 it"s going to take us a generation or two to get out of this mess—restrictions 17 marketing sweet "food" to children.
There"s no reason to 18 action on those kinds of moves. But let"s get the science straight so that firm, 19 , sound recommendations can be made 20 the best possible evidence. And meanwhile, let"s also get the simple message straight: It"s "Eat Real Food."