It's been a bad few weeks for food. Get read to not enjoy anything anymore.
A new study indicates that sugar, in the quantities most Americans consume it, may be as toxic as alcohol and cigarettes. A scientist at UC Davis has shown that excessive consumption of sugar and high fructose corn syrup overwhelm the liver, which then converts the extra fructose into fat that can clog arteries as LDL cholesterol plaque. Whats even more alarming is that a professor at Harvard believes that some forms of cancer have "evolved" to grow by feeding off of the excess sugar in our systems that would normally be absorbed by fats and muscle. The problem with all of this is that sugar has been added to pretty much everything we eat including many thing we don't usually consider unhealthy sources of sugar, such as breads, yogurt, fruit juices and peanut butter. So basically, that tumor inside of you is just going to continue to grow until consumes you.
Now that sugar is essentially the same as rat poison, you might be thinking you'll continue finding joy in your life through food by eating delicious fatty red meat (after all, it's that sugar giving you heart disease). Well, think again; basically,
your life gets shorter every time you consume red meat. It's also going to give you heart disease and cancer.
But that's okay, because you can always
chow down at chik-fil-a even if you're gay, right? Ehhhhhh, I wouldn't if I were you.
The US Agricultural Department is planning to expand a pilot program that allows poultry processors to manage their own inspections. But whistle blowers are warning that the plan has some major and seemingly obvious problems. For instance, USDA documents released under the freedom of information act show that processing facilities in the pilot program were missing "defective" birds at high rates. In this case, defective means diseased or covered in feces.
Oh, and let's not forget about
pink slime.
