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People don't realize that ultra processed food is basically everything they eat and drink. There are very few things that aren't, and they're mostly whole food adjacent.

If it's not straight up water and plain vegetables, fruit, and grain equivalents, it's more than likely ultra processed no matter how healthy it claims to be.

So much of non-genetic cancers comes from what we ingest willingly. A large portion of it would stop if everyone ate a well rounded whole foods diet. But shit is expensive, takes time and kwh to make, and people are busy trying to enjoy life.

Conventional Cereal? Terrible. https://www.livestrong.com/article/13774827-is-eating-cereal-every-day-bad/

Certain processed fiber gives you liver cancer Ffs lol.

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/diets-high-in-processed-fiber-may-increase-risk-of-liver-cancer-in-some-people