Processed foods are harmful. They are the main reason why people around the world get fat and sick. It's easy to know the answer. Every time a population adopts a “Western” diet rich in processed foods, they get sick. Here is the difference between real and transformed. The word "elaborate" can sometimes confuse people, but it can simply be clarified. Most of the foods we eat are processed in some way, for example butter is churned, meat is ground in a machine, and chicken can be separated. However, there is a huge difference between mechanical processing and chemical processing. If what you're eating is a single-ingredient food, meaning no added ingredients or chemicals, it can be ground, chopped, dried or canned and still be organic and unprocessed. That means it's real food! Foods that have been chemically processed and made exclusively from refined ingredients and artificial substances are what are generally known as "processed foods". Here are 9 ways these processed foods are harmful to your health and killing us.1. Processed Foods Are Usually High in Sugar and Syrup Everyone knows that processed foods are usually very high in sugar and if not sugar than high fructose corn syrup which can only be described as sugar. When you consume large quantities of sugars and syrups it can be seriously harmful to your health Sugar is an empty calorie, it gives you a false sense of energy but in reality it disrupts your metabolism and makes you tired. Sugars can also lead to insulin problems or insulin resistance which inhibit the body from producing or storing insulin properly and can consequently lead to diabetes.2. Processed foods are “over-rewarding” and can lead to overconsumption. We all want to eat good tasting food...half paper......h trans fats and oils. Processed foods are normally high in fat. They contain cheap fats, oils and fillers. Most people don't realize how harmful and unhealthy vegetable oils are, if that were the case people wouldn't consume them as much as they do. These oils contain crazy amounts of omega 6 fatty acids which cause inflammation in the body. (Gunnars, 2013) One way to avoid these types of unhealthy fats is to use natural fatty oils such as butter, coconut oil, or olive oil. However, the best way is to avoid processed foods altogether! My advice to anyone when it comes to health and healthy eating is to eat real food! It's simple: when we eat real, unprocessed foods we feel better and have fewer health problems. When we replace natural meats, vegetables, and fruits with processed junk, we feel bad and get sick. Its simple real food is the key to health, processed food is not!