Processed foods are more than Doritos, Oreos, frozen dinners, and mind-numbing amounts of breakfast cereals to choose from.

Chicken breasts, steaks, and other unprocessed meats are in fact processed food, according to a new way of analyzing the food we eat.

Dr. Neal Barnard, author of The Power Foods Diet, joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll to explain this novel approach of understanding the way the food industry operates.

Topics Discussed
Processed food vs. animal processing
Animals are the "middle man" of human nutrition
Eliminating the "middle man" lowers the risk of disease
And more

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This episode is sponsored by The Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund, which supports organizations like the Physicians Committee that carry on Greg’s passion and love for animals through rescue efforts, veganism, and wildlife conservation.

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International Conference on Nutrition in Medicine - Washington, DC
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Episode Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction
2:15 The Traditional Meaning of “Processed Food”
3:50 Rethinking the Meaning of “Processed Food”
21:22 The Reality of Egg Protein
23:02 Consequences of Estradiol Intake
24:55 Risks of Factory Farming
27:19 Did You Say “Poop Coffee”?
29:21 Why Inhumane Practices Persist
32:31 Conclusion

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