Something is wrong with people?!


Question: Something is wrong with people?
I was trying to explain how the foods in America are 90% processed and genetically modified when a nice guy laughed at me. I explained to him at a supermarket, "Don't you think after you made bread out of 4 ingredients and placed it on a shelf, it would expire in 3 days ?" "Now, the bread the you buy from the supermarket, it can last for almost months. Why so ? Because if you read the back of the product, you can clearly see there are over 10 ingredients." He just laughed at me and said nice try, bye. Has the media, tv, fast food chain companies and the government, brain washed most of its citizens ?

Answers:

Don't talk to strangers. People go to the supermarket to buy food not listen to strangers ideas. All the information is out there already. If people cared then they would go read about it.



The meats and vegetables I buy are just meat and vegetables. Processed food in cans and boxes and plastic packages filled with artificial flavorings, colorings, additives, and preservatives aren't part of my diet. Genetic modification? If you mean that farmers have raised and cross-bred certain strains of wheat, fruits and vegetables for heartiness and long shelf lives, you're right. Cattle have been cross-bred for meat production and strong breeding stock. I don't think there are scientists in labs manipulating the chromosomes of our food, though. There was a huge uproar about genetically altered fruit a few years ago; it was outlawed as far as I know.



Mr. turtle is correct it is not your job to lecture grocery store shoppers. My dad is 85 and still going strong he was a chain smoker for 45 years eats the same food I eat except he eats more fattening stuff than I and he is not overweight and has minimal health problems for an 85 year old man. And guess what he eats bread 3 times a day. Try telling him your bread story and he will probably tell you to go suck an egg. I promise he would not have been as nice as the guy in the store.



Yeah I have to agree about people making their own decisions, but too many people eat fast food and all of the food in the US is made in factories with preservatives and shipped/sent to the markets. They're not all fresh, but mostly DELICIOUS. I would have to agree with u though.



dude, i get what's cheap for food and spend the medical stuff on getting a good doctor... sooo i get stuff that could be unhealthy but that's ok ;)



It's natural. People thinks what media want them to know.



trust me i know where your coming from!




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