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In reply to the discussion: Processed foods are a much bigger health problem than we thought [View all]YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)17. Here's the problem. Organic, pesticide free whole foods cost more. Way more.
Our food industry uses deceptive marketing to sell food items. 'Low-cal', fat free, and then there's Kroger, that uses the term 'Simple Truth', what ever the hell that means. I think the 'Simple Truth' is they're full of simple BS.
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I started the Keto diet about 2 months ago, and one thing I noticed after about a week or two is
smirkymonkey
Jun 2019
#28
High Fructose Corn Syrup would be banned if our government cared even a little about our health
Calculating
Jun 2019
#10
I worked in Quality Control for a major Pharmaceutical company for over 35 years
patphil
Jun 2019
#20
Saw a scientist on tv (60 Minutes or something). He had worked in the chips industry.
Honeycombe8
Jun 2019
#13
Glyphosate is in all our food, but it's usually in smaller amts in organic food
womanofthehills
Jun 2019
#34
Been doing for 30 yrs. I think I know how it works with Obesity & article obliquely confirms
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2019
#26
I remember in University studying Agriculture(which is a STEM program dammit!)
GulfCoast66
Jun 2019
#35