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A Huge Lie You Don't Know Of
It's worse than Santa not being real
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Something to Read: The “Lie” of Expired Food
A not-so-fun fact about America is that around forty percent of food produced in the states heads to the landfill or is otherwise wasted.
And what’s to blame you may ask? The dates on food labels.
Food labels became a thing after World War II and was a marketing trick to keep the freshest food on the shelves and to throw away what was deemed “bad.”
What’s the root of the problem? Shopping culture? Government? Capitalism?
To find out: Click here for the full article.
Something to Watch:
Date Labels on Food Make No Sense
Something I never thought of until the subject was brought up.
I now look at what’s inside my fridge differently.
A Song to Listen to:
BAHAMAS SOUL CLUB - Casino De Capri
No better song to put me in a good mood.
Listen to this track and many others on La Fórmula, a playlist by Modern Analects
A Quote to Think About:
“Think about it: if there's a “healthy food” section in the grocery store, what does that make the rest of the food sold there?”
Dr. Mark Hyman