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Silent3

(15,147 posts)

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Reply to longship (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 15, 2014, 02:17 PM

Feb 2014

The same thing can be said about the supposedly negative term "processed". Dicing is a process, baking is a process, so is squeezing.

Deity forbid that we have to actually consider individually the merits of each ingredient, each process, and the quantities of what we ingest, as if "natural = good, artificial = bad" isn't enough.

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Jim Hightower: Shouldn't 'Natural' Foods Actually Be Natural? [View all] marmar Feb 2014 OP

What the fuck does "natural" even mean? longship Feb 2014 #1

natural is a bad word to use i agree dembotoz Feb 2014 #2

+1 n/t geomon666 Feb 2014 #3

+1 Silent3 Feb 2014 #5

Trouble is there is no national standard for "natural". no_hypocrisy Feb 2014 #4