I can't see if there's a link. :challengefailed-71:
But anyway I will like to give my opinion about the processed foods. I am very interested in the fitness world so diets are everything for us. I used to be a "Clean Eater" and don't eat this and don't eat that becuase that shit is going to kill you. Right now I'm following one that is called If It Fits Your Macros - IIFYM, and basically I eat everything I want and I achieve my goals. A lot of people have tremendous trouble to understand this and immediately think that this is not possible, but this is because they are not used to count their macros, they usually say "I eat <<healthy>>" (whatever does tha mean to you) or "I count my calories" and most of them are below they calorie intake they should have.
I don't eat a lot of meat, but that's just becuase I like to eat a lot of things but, I eat according to my macros. I usually hit 190-200g of protein, 40-50g of fat and 245g of carbs. As long as it fits in there I can eat it. The problem I see is, that no one show us to eat this way. They teach us that McDonald's and Burger King are going to make us fat... and sorry, but that it's not what's happening in there.
The problem is that people go to a Burger King or McDonland's and in the best case they eat two hamburgers without the fries when they should only eat one. And then they get home and have for dinner two hotdogs, plus what they ate in the breakfast and if they felt hungry maybe they bought a bag of potato chips. That person probably ate more fat and more carbs than their needed intake.
I just recently went to a lab for a study and they told me that everything is working fine and my daily diet includes Pop Tarts, Peanut Butter, Nutella, Chicken breast, pasta, protein shakes, etc, of course I don't smoke and I don't drink, that should help I guess. I remember when I told my sister about this, she didn't believed me, then I told her to register all his foods and portions, she was surprised of how much more fat and carbs she was eating and how low her protein intake was. She started with IIFYM and she has already lost a few pounds and she doesn't even go to the gym, she just eat according to his goal.
My point is: if people were taught to count their macros according to their normal activity levels, we would be very different. It's good if someone doesn't want to inlcude red meat to their diets, I usually eat it 2 or 3 days a week, but still you will see how much you are over-eating.