[nbates80]

I hardly eat sugar or preprocessed food. But the biggest improvement in lifestyle was cutting wheat flour as much as possible. The first change I noticed was the weight loss, but I feel less "stuffy" too. I replaced it with corn flour.

Other than that, I really think there is some truth to the documentary Cooked. I don't deprive myself from food, as long as it is homemade food out of real ingredients. I can't afford organic food and the weather of the place I live in is not that great to grow my own food (and my time availability is not that much either).

[adamnemecek]

You don't even really need flower.

[sliverstorm]

Nobody thinks you "need" it, but staples are cheap, easy, shelf-stable, unrefrigerated, and at least appear healthy.

If we're going to feed billions of people, it's probably going to involve staples.

[nbates80]

I know I don't need it. The problem is it is hard to avoid it. You need a lot of planning, specially if you are going on a trip (at least in my country, avoiding flour while traveling through small towns is almost impossible if you want to have eat health)