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Wh en I \\',lS young . if asked, I told people that I ate "natural foods ." Back then, naturalill eant something- a food thilt didn't contain ,lil\' arti ficial in gred ie nts, no chemical preservatives, or, in th e case of meat ,md poultr\", "'as mini111alh processed, But m'er th e ye ars, conventional food companies and processors chipp ed awav at these standards to th e point where "natural " has no mea ning these da\'s, I n fact, th ere is no legal U,S, definition for natural food s at the prese nt time, and bec'luse of th is, th e Food and Drug Administrntion (FD,\) discour