Processed foods high in emulsifiers linked with heart disease

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20 points·rajnathani··4 comments

Anecdotal. I've gone back to eating foods as you'd find them in nature or as close as I can get. Almost anything that requires refinement or processing I've completely cut out of my diet. Inflammation and injuries down, sleep is better and I've dropped 28kg whilst eating more and being less hungry. The modern diet pushed by governments and most health professionals didn't work for me and, after considerable study and making the changes I have no regrets.

This is usually labelled quite literally as a "whole foods diet", meaning that the foods you eat are "whole" in themselves and not composed of other refined food. To me, it's the only diet that makes any real sense.

We live in a crazy ultra-processed food world. Even just standard processed food can be pretty bad for you (bread, rice) in certain quantities and a lot of people see that stuff as being baseline, the way you'd view whole foods.

Congratulations on the weight loss!

And despite the clever naming of the store, you don’t have to spend your whole paycheck at Whole Foods to eat a whole foods diet.

> Some recent studies have indicated that emulsifiers can disturb gut bacteria and promote inflammation, potentially increasing susceptibility to cardiovascular issues.

Reminds me of:

* https://www.jacionline.org/article/S0091-6749(22)01477-4/ful...

* HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33822149

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