If you’ve spent more than five minutes on Instagram or TikTok, you’ve probably been warned: avoid anything with more than five ingredients, anything in a box, anything you can’t pronounce. Somewhere along the way, “processed” became synonymous with “poison.” But does processing automatically make a food unhealthy? Beyond social media, public health messaging, such as the Dietary Guidelines for Americans’ call to “Eat Real Food”, reinforces the idea that processed a

You didn’t eat like a toddler in your teens, and by your thirties, hopefully, you’d moved on from frat house habits. Each stage of life brings new nutritional needs. As we age, things change, specifically how we can and should care for ourselves. Nutrition is important at every age; it just looks a little different as time goes on. Many studies confirm that eating well and being active can make a dramatic difference in the quality of life for older adults [AND, 2020]. As we