The Synthesized Food Conundrum

Ask a scientist from Big Food if synthesized food is fine in moderation and the scientist will say synthesized food is fine in moderation so keep buying the foods with synthesized ingredients (i.e. High Fructose Corn Syrup, Aspartame, Hydrogenated Oils etc.) and the scientist will point to evidence that shows as much. Ask almost any scientist from None Big Food incentives and the scientist will say synthesized ingredients are not good for you in any quantity and the scientist will show evidence to show as much.

So how does the average consumer, none scientist, such as myself discern and decide who's wrong and who's right?  This isn't a case scenario where both sides can be right.

Both scientists will have valid factual evidence to show their claims all the while one scientist is right and the other is wrong. William Faulkner once said, “Facts and truth really don't have much to do with each other.”  What that means is if someone has a bias, or in this case an incentive from Big Food and Big Pharmaceuticals, that person is more likely going to cherry pick evidence (or make up evidence) to support a pre conceived conclusion instead of being a good steward of truth without letting a personal bias or Big Food and Big Pharmaceutical incentive corrupt a conclusion.

So it comes down to the personal philosophies of the consumer. What are your personal philosophies? Are you for synthesized food where at least one enzyme has been genetically modified or are you for not removing nature from the processing of our food?  Do you want real food or fake food?  Do you want to live healthy or in sickness and disease?  Do you want your kids to have an advantage at a good life when they grow into adults or do you want your kids to have a disadvantage at a good life that follows them throughout their life?


Make it a good life and for the love of your kids give them every advantage for them to live a good life to.

Tom
Passion Fitness