Not every plant-based meal is made equal. Highly processed foods might not have much health benefit, event though they are made from plants

Plant-Based Magic 101- High Quality Foods-

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Don’t be fooled by labels. Not every plant-based meal is equally good for you. It’s possible to do unhealthy plant-based eating that includes lots of processed foods. Our goal here is to make your food work for you by making eating choices that overall build you up rather than break your body down. To do that, you’ll want to choose high-quality plant foods. Yesterday, we talked about what counts as a plant food. Now, let’s see which foods are high-quality. 

Your first sign of a high-quality food is very little processing. Food processing includes the cooking, grinding, heating and refining that happens before we buy food in stores. All these processing techniques can strip plant foods of their most valuable healthful parts: nutrients and phytochemicals. Plus, processing typically adds extra sugar and other sweeteners, salt and oils that you wouldn’t use if you were making the recipe at home. See how to classify the level of processing a food has had using the NOVA system created by the United Nations.

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