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Processed Foods

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What older adults should know about ultra-processed foods, what they should avoid, and why it matters Fact checked by Ros Lederman Believe it or not, food processing is as old as humankind. Any method that changes food from its original state — whether drying, fermenting, milling, or freezing — counts as processing. But in the […]