List: American Processed Foods banned in other nations because of dangerous chemicals

[SoCalDem]

31. Basically, if it's advertised, it's probably not all that healthy for us.

There's a reason why food processors spend so much time, money & energy with advertising agencies, coming up with just the right amygdala-tweakers so we start to crave their latest "invention".

When was the last time you saw a tv ad that promoted carrots, string beans & onions?

There was a time (not really all that long ago) when if you wanted corn, you had to ...well.. eat an ear of corn or open a can of corn. Wheat??.. Have some Wheaties or some bread.... or bake some cookies.

Those of us who grew up in a no-tv/pre frozen food/pre- fast food "stores" (technically they are not even restaurants) era had the advantage of being fed real meals made from scratch.

I never had pizza until I was a teenager...never had a hamburger before I was about 13. Salt was a micro-seasoning..usually added at the table (to taste) , unless it was a vital part of a baked item. It was not pre-added as a significant ingredient ...in every thing on a dinner table before we even tasted the food.

There were no "preservatives" since the meal was prepared to EAT...not to sit on a shelf for months.

There is a trade-off for "convenience", and that trade-off's effects tend to be cumulative and perhaps deadly for many of us. Humans are adaptive, and we seem to be able to digest just about anything and use what we need of it to survive, but the processing of all those "extra" additives could be having unseen effects on us that take years to manifest themselves as extra weight and perhaps deadly health consequences.