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The Benefits of Not Eating Processed Foods

Ivanna Molina Marmol

School of Business and Management, City University of Seattle

ENG 102: English composition

Steve Cave

February 14, 2021

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The Benefits of Not Eating Processed Foods

People have always eaten processed foods knowing that it’s not the healthiest choice, but

still, because of the price or the flavor this type of foods are more attractive to the eye and

therefore the people’s favorites. Knowing the great dangers that are produced by consuming this

type of products is a good way to make them understand that it is a necessity for people to get

informed about the daily meals they are consuming. It is crucial to know that not eating

processed foods provides weight loss, clear skin and gives more energy.

Helps with Weight Loss.

There are two base points that some people think when they want to lose weight, doing

more exercise and eating less. As Bucher et al mentions “Dietary habits and food choices are the

result of decisions and actions that are based on routines that require very little active decision

making.” The key to a great diet is to pay more attention to the food that is being consumed.

Having a specific routine when it comes to food, can be exhausting and even boring to some

people. Bucher (2016) recommends looking into new strategies that can help to improve food

behaviors, so that this can be implemented into a daily routine. Consuming balanced /healthy

macro and micro nutrients is the base of having a good and healthier life, and by eating more

fresh and non-processed foods the body starts to function better and by that the weight loss starts.

It’s not about eating less, it’s about eating healthier.

Clears Your Skin.

Skin problems are one of the effects that can be caused because of bad nutrition. People

have gotten used to the idea that following a healthier life provides a lot of benefits, but still, they
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don’t take the time to get informed about the daily meals they are having such as processed foods

that are full of sugars and carbohydrates. “Food allergies often develop early in life. Offspring of

allergic mothers or fathers have increased incidence of food allergies” (Walker, 2018,p.1).

Having a better skin is one of the benefits of avoiding processed foods and consuming more

macro and micronutrients that provide a lot of benefits and help people to improve their lifestyle.

Gives You More Energy.

Having a better quality of life should be a game changer for people who realize that this

can be obtained by making the best choice during their meals. Talking about a school project

that was made, Hanna (2010) said that by changing the diet they could form good habits so that

the students could be more present in class and more active in their activities. Eating healthier

gives the body more opportunity to work with natural nutrients that are provided by better and

more natural products. People need to understand that the human body is like a machine that

functions on what you put into it. Making the better choice is not easy but it provides better

results.

Conclusion

In conclusion there are a lot of steps that a person can do when they want to follow a

better diet, but there is something that needs to be considered as a necessity, and that is always

going for the healthiest choice. Losing weight is something that can be provided by having more

knowledge on the type of foods that make this impossible, having clear skin is also provided by

making the best choice in what product is going to be consumed, and at last having more energy
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and being more active is a benefit that can be achieved by changing bad habits for better ones.

Knowing about the benefits of eating healthier is life changing

References

Bucher, Tamara, Collins, Clare, Rollo, Megan, McCaffrey, Tracy. (2016). Nudging consumers

towards healthier choices: a systematic review of positional influences on food choice.

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Hanna, Schurr. (2010).  More Walking, Less Food = Healthier Students.

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Walker, Mathew, Jeremy, Ferrie, Ryan, Queener, Ashley, Kaplan, Mark. (2018). Mechanism for

initiation of food allergy: Dependence on skin barrier mutations and environmental

allergen costimulation.

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