Food is Medicine. And It’s Toxic. Why Would You Choose to Eat Poison?
13 min readApr 9, 2019
Long before there were Cheetos, Oreos and Ritz Crackers, and processed meats were identified as some of the worst possible foods, we ate what we could grow or forage. The advent of the American snack food industry was two centuries ago, although I might posit that any handful of berries or a ripe apple is just as much a snack, and vastly better.