disorders of nutrition
Processed Foods, Organic Foods, and Bioengineered or Genetically Modified Foods
Processed Foods
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) defines a processed food as any raw agricultural commodity that been subject to washing, cleaning, milling, cutting, chopping, heating, pasteurising, blanching, cooking, canning, freezing, drying, dehydrating, mixing, packaging, or other procedures that alter the food from its natural state. however, strips nutrients from foods. For example, milling removes bran and germ, and thus Fiber , iron, and many B vitamins from grains. Processing also often adds additives such as preservatives (eg, benzoates, sorbates, nitrites, sulfites, and citric acid); artificial colors, flavors, and sweeteners; stabilizers; emulsifiers; and synthetic vitamins and minerals and other additives including salt, monosodium glutamate (MSG), sugar, fats, and refined oils. Some food additives can adversely affect children in particular. resistance and possibly other disorders (eg, coronary artery disease, Depression , 