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non_linear_time t1_ixlnpcy wrote

Reply to comment by Strange-Ad1209 in Researchers have found that lab mice are more likely to survive a flu infection if they are fed grain-based foods rather than processed food: after being infected with influenza, all of those fed the highly processed diet died, all the other have recovered by giuliomagnifico

Right? I've had this general notion that half the posts in r/science are attempts at social engineering. This post makes no sense since grain-based diets are by nature processed because human bodies can't digest most grains without processing. It's like an effort to redefine terms so people won't connect grain-based with processed even though it literally has to be processed to be grain-based.

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arxaquila t1_ixnjwpw wrote

Agreed. Sometime an honest criticism elicits knee jerk reactions if the group disapproves. Does processed connote a process or an added ingredient, and if a process does that differentiate between a mechanical grinding and a smoking/curing process.

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