Clyde1820

I'm skeptical as well, for good reason. The USDA is about agriculture ... boosting it, supporting it, strangely buggering-up the normal and customary operation of it. They're certainly not in it for the healthy living of customers of those agricultural concerns they so lovingly are in bed with.

Just from the perspective of maintenance of a flourishing and healthy gut microbiome, it's awfully tough to maintain if the bulk of one's diet either doesn't help or specifically harms that microbiome. "Ultra-processed" foods are some of the worst culprits, along with a goodly number of the mad-scientist chemical additives placed in otherwise healthful foods.