Defending ultra-processed foods

And I’m not talking about the Attorney General. I refer here to foods called by this name, which another study accuses of being harmful to health. Of course it will be harmful, like almost everything else. Fortunately, the normal does not exist. The natural thing is primitive man.

Ultra-processed foods got us here. Without them, and without food General garbageWe non-billionaires have perished several times already. American powdered milk, etc.

I am ultra-processed: There is no cell free from microplastics and other materials created in laboratories. The pharmaceutical industry is the pinnacle of ultra-processing. With their mistakes (some are criminals, awaiting trial in the USA, or have already been dismissed, such as thalidomide in Spain). but Medicines save us And they bring us the longevity of this piece of the 21st century.

the Antibiotics And the magic trio – paracetamol, ibuprofen and Nolotil – to name a few, are our daily bread, etc. Without these and other more powerful compounds, we would not be able to withstand the pace of the times. Each era had its own: In the 1970s, my aunts coped with the daily craziness optidons, Legendary orange oval pills. The famous red pill from The Matrix must have come from there. And with amphetamines. The famous summer of love The hippie era in Spain worked by prescription.

Ultra-processed foods are the spice of life. And sugar. Now, the packaging always says “No added sugar”But to read the ingredients you have to carry a magnifying glass. It is also written in big letters that the packaging is recyclable! It follows – for no reason, of course – that these microplastics will not remain in the body, or be useful.

The only thing that gives a good warning of damage is… Tobacco packetWhat the user learned Don’t see so you don’t die Of emotional fear long before toxins appear in the smoke.

The famous Mediterranean diet It’s the perfect, rustic antithesis to ultra-processed foods and fast food, but the lettuce in your uncle’s garden can easily be overwatered with water containing lindane and other substances. industrial. Or radon gas itself, as well as our own radon gas.

“Natural” grains already come with factory-corrected DNA, just like corn and all agricultural products, including corn. pig Stuffed antibiotics, Which helps prevent us from contracting mutant influenza. The vaccine is also highly processed. And now the chicken!

The Mediterranean diet is best, but watermelon arrives from Brazil by plane, which may be the case Amazon dietAnd it’s very good if you have the weight of carbon dioxide on your conscience.

Grapes without seeds do not come off the vine on their own. You have to “convince” him to eliminate them, even though it is a delicate task: the seeds are his children!

Our most processed thing is ideas Very complicated – it took centuries! – Such as equality, freedom and human rights. They are still not adequately recognized or addressed. On the contrary: they suffer a Massive attack On all fronts, regions and countries. At this moment they come to Trump’s raids on immigrants.

As with food, survival takes precedence in this matter. You eat first, then you philosophize. But it is possible, as we already see, that without those highly processed principles – freedom, equality, human rights (I must repeat them because I have forgotten them) – there would be no food and, moreover, no freedom, no dignity, no future.

It must be ultra-processed foods, such as favorite foods, mortgages, etc Read the fine print. Until we invent something natural, healthy and cheap, enjoy it to the fullest without being overwhelmed by it: sometimes an established idea is worse – and this is a very bad thing – than the material itself.