What is real food?

We have real food that’s unprocessed, minimally processed, and ultra processed food.

Unprocessed & Minimally Processed Food (Real Food)

Unprocessed foods come directly from plants and animals and haven’t been altered in any way.

Minimally processed foods have been cut, dried, fermented, cooled, frozen or had parts removed. However, nothing has been added to them.

Processed Food

Here’s where things can get dangerous. At this point ingredients are being added to foods for various reasons such as shelf life, or even just to add addictive properties. In some cases, nutrients are being removed for better shelf life. These items interfere with either the liver or the gut. Not usually both.

• Bacon
• Canned fish
• Canned foods with added salt, sugars or vinegar
• Coconut fat
• Dried, smoked, and cured meat & fish
• Jerky
• Nuts with added sugar, salts, or other ingredients
• fresh cheese
• fresh bread with simple ingredients of wheat flour, yeast, water and salt
• Alcoholic drinks like beer and wine
• White rice
• Fruit Juice

When an item specifies “fresh” it means it hasn’t been packaged to sell in a store.

Ultra Processed Food

These are foods that are mostly chemicals and substances extracted from food or created in a lab. We are unlikely to find much real food in these items, if any. These items interfere with both the liver AND the gut.