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toasty228today at 12:46 PM2 repliesview on HN

> ultra-processed is a meaningless

You'd find plenty of definitions if you looked for them

> generally processed food lasts longer, is less perishable, often cheaper, etc.

Go ahead and list the negatives too lmao... what do you think the additives meant to prevent living organism from developing on the food do in your gut for example ?

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11901572/

Ultra processed food benefit companies more than they benefit you


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SauntSolairetoday at 1:21 PM

> You'd find plenty of definitions if you looked for them

Having a greater number of competing definitions does not generally make a term more meaningful. (Take "art" for example.)

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9rxtoday at 1:30 PM

> You'd find plenty of definitions

Exactly. Terms that are meaningful have one generally accepted definition. When everyone and their brother are coming up with their own pet definitions, that is when a term is considered meaningless.

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