Ah, yes, I understand. So it is not connected to cleaning and such, but it generally means it is important, respectively first of all, the basic of a good diet is to eat whole foods and plant based at all.
If you really really want to get the latest peer reviewed research I highly recommend his book How Not to Diet (not a 'diet' book, but allll about our relationship with foods in every way)
Thank you, just downloaded it.
For many people, obsessing about nutrition keeps them from nutrition.
So that really is such a common problem, behaviour?
What is the best rice? the rice you will eat...
What is the best potato? the potato you will eat...
What are the best beans? the beans you will eat....
What are the best fruits? the fruits you will eat....
I maybe am not quite sure about that. Maybe the best rice would be the one (you will eat and) without contamination (heavy metals, arsenic, etc.) and with many / the most nutrients.
And so on.
I go with Balsamati rice. I used to go with brown but got concerned about arsenic.
I would have thought the color does not matter regarding contamination. Maybe eating bulgur instead.
Food in cans is also said to be questionable because of the harmful substances in the can.
But why does it have to be all one way or the other?
Who says it has to be like that? Respectively generally obviously there just are good ways to go and bad ways and maybe others one can go. So using the good way might be a good idea, although one can go each way one wants / likes, I would think.
Look: I honestly think it's better to be too obsessive about what we eat and how we prepare/eat it than to just not care at all. But why does it have to be all one way or the other? For example, usually I wash fruit that I'm going to eat raw and whole (such as apples, pears, grapes, or plums), but occasionally I don't. (Probably not a good idea- I honestly don't think this will ever kill me, but I might get sick- in fact, maybe I have for this reason).
Yes, yes, of course (although doing something too much obviously means that there are problems/disadvantages), there could be nothing wrong with that. Even if one decided to only eat (heavily) processed food (because it tastes so good and is so easy to handle). One could say that the (possible) consequences are worth it (if you knew the effects of such food) or not and do it anyway. And even if one decided to only eat (heavily) processed food without knowing the (possible) effects of such food, there would be nothing wrong with that (or maybe there would be). Then perhaps there would be nothing (in terms of nutrition) to worry and care about (perhaps only if effects became apparent, if one could/wanted to attribute them to the food). Guess there are endless ways to do it.