In class today, one of my professors brought up yet another reason to minimize processed foods. There is a theory among some in the Chinese medical community that eating processed foods is a major factor in weight gain, and even a factor in difficulty with weight loss. Your body tells you to eat when it needs something, including qi. Processed food, as previously mentioned, has low or no qi. When you eat but don't get qi, your body tells you to keep eating hoping that you'll give it what it needs. It stores all those extra calories as adipose tissue, but it doesn't have the energy necessary to burn the fat.
This is all speculation and hasn't been scientifically proven, but it makes a great deal of sense. Whether its true or not, reducing the amount of processed food in your diet can only be beneficial to your overall health.
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