01/30/2026
A while back I was on vacation and I shared a video of my grocery haul, I got comments like:
“So much processed food. That surprises me.”
Which… I get on some level.
Because yes — there were peanut butter M&Ms, Sweet Loren’s cookies, tortilla chips, Cheerios, and diet soda in there. 🍫🍪🥤
But here’s the funny part:
That stuff made up less than 10% of the food I bought.
The rest of the haul included foods like: lean meat, Greek yogurt, cottage cheese, avocados, eggs, protein bars, protein powder, and no fewer than 15 different fruits and veggies. 🥩🧀🥬
The truth is:
Most foods are processed to some degree (and that’s not automatically a bad thing).
Plenty of nutrient‑dense foods — yogurt, milk, frozen veggies — are technically “processed.”
Because “processed” just means altered from its original state.
While it’s true that most Americans would benefit from eating fewer ultra-processed foods…
It’s also true that processing a food doesn’t make it unhealthy.
What’s more — even highly processed foods like (cookies, candy, chips) can fit into an overall balanced diet.
And obsessing about eating “perfectly” can actually backfire and make it harder to make good choices over the long haul. 🙌🏻
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