10-23-2018, 05:35 AM
When I stand in line at the grocery store, people in line who buy organic or natural food usually have a cart full of food. Their purchases look like something our ancestors may have eaten, and what our bodies have evolved to metabolize and absorb most efficiently over tens of thousands of years.
Other folks, who buy a large amount of packaged products, generally have highly processed food-like materials in their cart. It may taste good with a perfectly formulated balance of salt-fat-sugar, designed for maximum consumption and therefore maximum sales, but is it really food, in the strictest definition of the word?
Even zoos post signs warning visitors not to toss Cheetos or similar food-like materials into cages:
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"Do Not Feed The Animals.
They Require A Healthy Diet."
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"The great mystery is that such a state may be one of utter happiness, as it provides opinions concerning things, but no knowledge of the things themselves.” - Marguerite Young
Other folks, who buy a large amount of packaged products, generally have highly processed food-like materials in their cart. It may taste good with a perfectly formulated balance of salt-fat-sugar, designed for maximum consumption and therefore maximum sales, but is it really food, in the strictest definition of the word?
Even zoos post signs warning visitors not to toss Cheetos or similar food-like materials into cages:
_____________________________
"Do Not Feed The Animals.
They Require A Healthy Diet."
_____________________________
"The great mystery is that such a state may be one of utter happiness, as it provides opinions concerning things, but no knowledge of the things themselves.” - Marguerite Young
"I'm at that stage in life where I stay out of discussions. Even if you say 1+1=5, you're right - have fun." - Keanu Reeves