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Comment by kamma4434 | original | Food processing influences metabolism and brain activity
[−]kamma4434 · 2026-10-11 Sun 07:39 UTC · link
It does not take a metabolic chamber to guess that the plate on the right is choked full of added sugar, while the one on the left has none. The plate on the left has some fiber while the one on the right has none, and fiber act as a sponge for sugar release.

They should have compared natural and ultra processed food matching the same glycemic indexes to understand if there is some kind of procedure in manufacturing that changes it significantly even the same amount of sugar and fiber