I know this statement stands in against of my working spot but considering either side of coin, it is the unavoidable fact. Technological advances in food production have done at least as much harm as good.
In this fast moving life, one has no time for themselves thus they surrender themselves in front of so called healthy packaged food. It saves time, it saves efforts, it also economizes space but we have to see that all this is at what cost? The cost you bear is not only on account of money but in terms of health as well.
It is said that science is divine but technology is bad. Food Science is definitely divine but the new technologies developed in the name of science are bad for human health.
It is well known fact that processed food cannot stand in front of Fresh food. The diet of modern community people bear little resemblance to the foods our ancestors ate, and this discrepancy is often noted in discussions about the causes of the current “obesity epidemic”. One has to understand the difference between lavish food and wholesome, good food. Our ancestors’ food was not lavish food but it was good, nutritional and balanced food which was evolved out of years of their usage, study and experience. Unfortunately this nutritionally dense food is fast disappearing from our dining tables due to our blind pursuit of western world.
The argument goes like this: Since fat and sugar were historically hard to come by, our bodies are built to hold on to them to help us get through the lean times. This may have served us well in the caveman days, but not so much in the era of the KFC Double Down sandwich and McDonalds
Dr. David Ludwig, director of the Optimal Weight for Life program at Children's Hospital Boston, takes a fascinating look at how innovations in food technology have backfired for humankind over the millennia in this week’s edition of the Journal of the American Medical Assn. The roots of World’s weight problem go back much further than the invention of high-fructose corn syrup and the introduction of frozen TV dinners.
Indeed, in early hominids, who got by on a diet consisting primarily of plants and insects. Then, about 2 million years ago, the first “transformative technology” arrived on the scene: stone tools. These made it possible to hunt large animals and – along with the discovery that meat could be made safe to eat by cooking it in a fire – allowed humans to evolve large brains.
Dr. David Ludwig, director of the Optimal Weight for Life program at Children's Hospital Boston, takes a fascinating look at how innovations in food technology have backfired for humankind over the millennia in this week’s edition of the Journal of the American Medical Assn. The roots of World’s weight problem go back much further than the invention of high-fructose corn syrup and the introduction of frozen TV dinners.
Indeed, in early hominids, who got by on a diet consisting primarily of plants and insects. Then, about 2 million years ago, the first “transformative technology” arrived on the scene: stone tools. These made it possible to hunt large animals and – along with the discovery that meat could be made safe to eat by cooking it in a fire – allowed humans to evolve large brains.
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