How our food system is killing us
Unprecedented obesity and chronic diseases are largely our own creation
60% of our population has a chronic disease, and for the first time in our history, life expectancy has actually decreased. What happened? If I were to sum it up in a nutshell, I would say that humans have not changed, but everything else around us has and we are ill-equipped to handle the change.
A huge part of the problem is that our food system is a mess. I came across the article below, which is the best explanation of what went wrong. Justin Mares does a great job of boiling it down. Let me know your thoughts in a the comments.
