Saturday, September 3, 2005

Processing = Addictive

Processing foods makes them more addictive. Consider the coca plant: a natural wonder planted here by the creator. Natives chew on the leaves to relive a toothache. But process it into cocaine and it becomes the most addictive substance we know of. Or consider the opium poppy: mildly addictive in it's natural form, but viciously addictive when processed into heroin. Foods are the same way, especially flour, sugar, and oils. We start with the potato - very healthy, not addictive - and end up with the potato chip: deadly and very addictive. The more processing, the mor addictive.

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