Food, Logic and Economics

Man is continuously moving into cities; meaning he's moving farther and farther from where food is grown and produced. Many city folks leave for their places of work in the morning and only return in the evening; due to the extra hassle it is commute back to their homes for meals, in between their working hours. This has, among other factors, triggered the growth of the processed food industry. From ready to eat foods, to foods that only need some quick heating, the options available are now numerous.

The merits of this industry are well documented and appreciated. These include: adding the shelf life of food; removal of toxins; and addition of more nutrient content. It has also been used to help allergic and sick people eat foods, that aid treatment, or which would have otherwise harmed them. Its use in the military and UN operations is also well documented.

However, processed foods are only supposed to cover for freshly made food where it is unavailable or hard to get. This is because processed foods are usually not as nutritious as fresh foods. But you find man eating processed foods, unnecessarily, these days; never minding the fact that processed foods are also likely to contain food additives like flavorings, texture enhancing agents or food coloring. Some of these extras have been noted to add little or lack nutritive-value. Some scientists even claim that some are harmful e.g. some foods containing nitrites or sulphites are suspected to have adverse health effects.

Processed foods also usually contain high calories than unprocessed foods and hence end up fattening rather than providing overall good health. There are other demerits like costs etc. which we will not go into for now. What is worrying is the combination that is modern lifestyles and modern foods.

We shun voluntary exercises and healthy living, for fun and self abandon. Some of us pile the fats and toxins then adopt killer diets for a while, only to pile back all the weight once we are done. It's like dieting is supposed to inform fat cells not to store fat or toxins no matter what. I'm not a medic or scientist but I think I read somewhere that fat cells easily multiply but don't die out when they are made inactive. In other words people who were once fat and diet, or exercise to loose weight, can mostly only starve their fat cells for as long as they can.

Many people simply don't understand how the equation works. It's the cells and hormones that control us and not the other way round. That's why on the surface one might say he has a craving. But inside him, some major element is lacking and an LPO (Local Purchase Order) has just been hurriedly written.

So when you pass that hip joint, with all the fried food inviting you in, just know it's your fat cells that are really running up and down with excitement. Sooner or later they're going to have it their way. Add a powerful external hand with a beaker, bunsen burner and "The Grand Test" to do and you will probably be very close to the truth.

Read on to see who this Schemer could be and what is the driving intention.

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