The specific number you adopt is arbitrary, but the more ingredients in packaged food, the more highly processed it probably is. Note # 1 - A long list of ingredients in a recipe is not the same thing; that's fine. Note # 2 - Some products now boast, somewhat deceptively, about their short ingredient lists. Haagen-Daaz has a new line of ice cream called "five". Great - but it's still ice cream. Same goes for three-ingredient Tostitos corn chips advertised by Frito-Lay-okay, but they're still corn chips. In such cases, apply rule 60 for dealing with treats and special occasion foods.
My thoughts - I have definitely been paying closer attention to labels recently. I sued to just grab a bag of chips without hesitating. Now, I think twice when I'm at the grocery store getting healthy food and some not-so healthy things that Nate loves.
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