The term refined foods is thrown around a lot, but what exactly does it mean? When it comes to clear skin, refined/processed foods are foods that are neither naturally occurring (naturally exist in nature) or created from purely naturally occurring foods.
Any food that’s man-made or created from processes that use ingredients that aren’t naturally occurring is what we define as a refined or processed food.
These foods can be problematic because not everyone’s body is able to digest refined foods–without symptoms.
How to identify a refined or processed food
If you’re having a tough time figuring out if a food or ingredient is a refined/processed food, do a Google search with one or both of the questions below and see what the answer is. If it’s not obvious that the ingredient is a natural food or made from natural foods–without the use of a man-made product in the process–it’s probably refined/processed.
Questions to put in Google/AI:
- What is [ingredient name]
- How is [ingredient name] made
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