Processed food. We put enormous amounts of glop in food solely for the purpose of being able to package and ship it through an industrial supply chain so a few

Processed food. We put enormous amounts of glop in food solely for the purpose of being able to package and ship it through an industrial supply chain so a few megacorporations can consolidate their profits. And, just like lead, we know this stuff is bad for us. In the US, we have lost a LOT of scattered places that used to make and serve food locally. There used to be a lot of gas stations, bars, churches, etc. in the old mill towns that all served some amount of home made food. It wasn't necessarily "healthy"--it tended toward starches with lots of cream and butter. Too much of it was fried. There was rarely a fresh vegetable to be found, but quite often the vegetables came from someone's local garden and had been canned fairly recently. It was generally all made from scratch with real ingredients. To top it off, a lot of science over time is finding that those "unhealthy" dishes weren't as bad for you as we thought.