Death and Diet
Food is now the number one killer in the world, if we look at the underlying causes of the causes. I did that this morning, after years of researching and writing about food. Here’s what I found out.
It’s no surprise to anyone anymore that economics-driven enterprises worldwide have sold our long-term health for short-term gains. From a ravaged environment and a decimated biome, to toxic Franken-foods and economic injustices of all kinds, it is hard not to see human beings as wildly short-sighted, insofar as so many of our largest acts are self-destructive.
There is a silver lining.
Of all of these things, one of them is fully within our own control, as individuals, regardless of external threats to our wellbeing, in the form of massive companies and disingenuous (corrupt) governments. It is that which we put in our mouths, to eat: food.
Somehow, not enough of us understand adequately just how much what we eat impacts every aspect of our lives dramatically.
Food, as a complex ecosystem of distinct yet co-dependent nutrients, interacting with one another and our bodies to create either a climate of health or sickness, is the single most influential element — more than our own genetics…
