Why Does this Food Have 196 Ingredients?Aaron Dykes and Melissa Melton In this day and age of genetically modified, subsidized, and highly processed food full of chemical additives and synthetic multisyllabic unpronounceables, would it surprise you to learn that for just $2.22, you can buy a meal made with no less than 196 ingredients? This food contains so many different forms of the excitotoxin MSG, both named and hidden, that we totally lost count. You get more than your fair share of the preservatives BHT (butylated hydroxytolune), BHA(butylated hydroxyanisole) and TBHQ (Tertiary Butylhydroquinone), a trio of coal tar and butane derivatives that are laughingly referred to as antioxidants because they prevent the food from going rancid (can it even go rancid anymore?). Nice, huh? Oh, and dont forget this meal comes chock full of more genetically modified soy than you can shake two sticks at. Thats just for starters. The ingredients list goes on and on. Literally. If we were trying to win a prize to find a cheap food with the most ingredients ever, we might have actually won here. No, this isnt even remotely close to like mom used to make (unless she had a degree in chemistry). Is there a point where something is so overly processed and so full of chemicals that it becomes impossible to even truly consider it food anymore? Please people. Take a moment to consider whats actually on the end of your forks. (This article originally appeared at Nutritional Anarchy a new food website we just launched with Daisy Luther of The Organic Prepper. More to come on that, but in the meantime, please go check it out!) Aaron Dykes and Melissa Melton created TruthstreamMedia.com as an outlet to examine the news, uncover the deceptions, pierce through the fabric of illusions, know the real enemy, unshackle from the system, and begin to imagine the path towards taking back our lives, one step at a time, so that one day we might truly be free 