| Is there any evidence for this? Processed foods contain all kinds of stuff. But I would gather frying an unprocessed egg in a teflon pan already collects similar amount of PFAS as some processed food product. On the plastic packaging front I think you're right, although my local store packages all the unprocessed produce in plastic as well, so the phthalates might leach into unprocessed produce the same. Of course the skin of the produce being intact might block some of these chemicals from penetrating the food completely. Which can't be said for any processed food. For me it's hard to tell how much PFAS and Phthalates are where. I'm not convinced eating unprocessed solves this. What processed foods usually do cause, which provably increases obesity and illness is insulin spikes. A smoothie will easily dump plenty of sugar in your bloodstream, while eating whole fruit won't. Another problem is the nutritional value of produce. Most produce is transported way before it's ripe, the soil it's growing in is already depleted, the types of produce that are available are selected for looks over nutritional value. If i buy tomatoes in Germany they're usually tasteless and/or sour. If I want to make a good pasta sauce I have to buy canned tomatoes from Italy. However the can has a plastic liner. While the tomatoes are packages in plastic. Just from the taste I would surmise that the tomatoes that were canned when ripe in Italy will be better for me, but they did touch the plastic all the time from transport, to storage, to mouth. |