Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Food isn't as good for you as you think; or, this isn't food.

I'm watching a show on the History Channel called "Food Tech". This episode is about hamburgers and french fries. It's interesting, but its also weird. I think it was sponsored by McDonalds and large agricultural conglomerates. It extols the virtues of feedlots for cattle, white flour for buns, processed cheese, and burgers made from whatever is lying around at the processing plant. He makes mention of Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" and how that influenced the modern, safer changes in modern food processing plants. That's not true. Have you read "Fast Food Nation" or watched "Super Size Me"? Modern food production is disgusting. It's not food. I'm not sure what it is. I'm not so much worried about what is and is not good for me, I just want to eat real food.

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