Eat
Hearty
In case you think I'm inventing stories about food
that never goes bad...
And, yes, certain flavorings and artificial
sweeteners originate
from the same source as your high-test automobile go-juice.
And I would have added "ice
cream that never melts" in this comic but I
ran out of word-balloon acreage.
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There was a time when people grew food and then ate the food.
Now we grow a limited spectrum of plants on a vast scale
and process them into a variety of temp vittles that
are
cheap, tasty, shelf-stable
and, unfortunately, prone to result in obesity and diabetes.
Processed food is designed to be easy to eat, which means
you'll eat more of it long before your body understands
its
had enough, and low in fiber so your gut is unable to access
all of the available nutrients fast enough, leaving you hungry
again quicker.
That's not an accident. That's a marketing strategy, which
is "Bigger people eat more food and thus make more profits
for Big Ag."
Sadly, we're stuck with processed foods, probably forever,
because it's impossible to feed all eight billion of us with
farm-to-table
veggies
and meat, doubly difficult for those with low incomes. (Which
explains the paradox of the most obesity in this country
occurring among the poorest people.)
It's
more cost-efficient for industry to raze rain forests and
grow soy, then
tease out its proteins and oils and convert them into familiar
analogs of traditional foods that are found in the freezer
section, on sale at four for $10.
If you can afford the good stuff, the basic raw materials,
and know your way around a kitchen, then good for you. You're
one of the lucky ones.
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In 2001 a group of Saudi Arabians hijacked a number of civilian
airliners and used them as terrorist weapons against the
United States.
In retaliation George Bush tossed a dart at a map and decided
to invade Afghanistan. As a result, ISIS was born.
This terrorist
group was
a
constant
thorn in the side of allied forces in the Middle East and
was responsible for the deaths of those thirteen U.S. soldiers
who perished as the last American servicemen withdrew from
Afghanistan in 2023.
Now ISIS has attacked and killed 137 concert-goers in Moscow
and as a result Putin has decided that maybe a cease-fire
in Gaza might be nice.
So thanks to Dubya, who ignored security alerts that indicated
that the U.S. was in imminent danger of an attack which eventually
left almost 3000 New Yorkers dead, there might not be a catastrophic
famine
in Gaza after all.
Maybe.
-
Lefty
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