The Great American Grocery HoaxDaisy Luther Before I tell you what it is, let me remind you of some things that you already know. Its no secret at all that the American economy is in dire straits. Unemployment has skyrocketed and todays dollars buy a lot less than the dollars of just a few years ago. Even the most thrifty shopper will pay substantially morefor a cart full of groceries. To make matters worse, our countrys main food-producing areas have been devastated by droughts, and you can expect that prices will only go up from here. So people work for slave wages, if they can find work at all, then go to the grocery store and buy what they can afford. And that is where the secret comes in. The secret is: If youve ever been broke, you can easily see how a meal for a couple of dollars or less would be an appealing addition to a grocery cart. But here is the scary epiphany: Dictionary.com says food is: The Oxford Dictionary says food is: Traditionallyand by traditionally I mean ever since there were humans on the planet eating stufffood came from one of these sources: plants or animals. It has been hunted, gathered, foraged, cultivated, and farmed. But now these substances are being created in a lab environment. From purely synthetic ingredients, compounds are formed. Sometimes a bit of the original food is present, perhaps a small bit of meat or vegetable or grain, and that item is stretched with chemicals to turn it into a food-like substance. The substance is shaped to look like food. It is artificially colored and molded into forms like some kind of semi-edible play-dough. Then scents and flavors, also artificial, are added. This makes the substances resemble food even more because now it tastes and smells like food. Because it isnt immediately lethal to ingest, those noble guardians at the FDA slap a label on it that the substance is GRAS Generally Recognized As Safe. Then the substance is placed into little plastic trays, foil, bags, or cellophane. That is placed inside a box with an illustration on the outside. The illustration looks like the food that the substance inside all of the packaging is supposed to taste like. Perhaps it is a juicy roast beef dinner with mashed potatoes, savory gravy, and carrots. Your brain processes this visual stimuli and expects that the substance contained within is indeed food. But it isnt. Its a scam. People go to the store to buy food, but they are sold something else, something that only pretends to be food. Did you ever see the movie Soylent Green? In the movie, the futuristic over-populated world no longer can provide food for the population. Instead processed food-like substances are rationed out to keep people alive. Initially, there was Soylent Yellow and Soylent Red, but then, a new product, Soylent Green, became available in limited quantities. The actual source of Soylent Green is a closely guarded secret: no one is allowed to know what is actually in it. Consumers are deceived with some scientific-sounding descriptions until the awful truth comes out. Does this sound familiar? While Soylent Green was actually made from ground up humans (sorry, spoiler), the origins of what is being sold in our groceries stores today are no less mysterious or closely guarded. Soylent Green was so delectable to the unknowing public that they would commit heinous crimes to get more. The food-like substances in the grocery stores are loaded with processed white sugar (which actually has addictive properties similar to heroin), high fructose corn syrup, and MSG, which stimulates the production of hunger hormones, giving a whole new meaning to that fun slogan, Bet you cant eat just one. If you eat this stuff, you will be hooked because they want you to be hooked. You will be perfectly content feeding your addiction instead of nourishing your body. You wont even MISS actual food. The next generation may not even know what actual food IS at the rate these processed concoctions are filling pantries and refrigerators in homes across the country. Those with lower incomes are particularly targeted by this, because unless you are making good money, its nearly impossible to purchase nourishing, whole foods. Ill give you a hint: if it is sold in a box and it has more ingredients than you have fingers, it probably isnt food by any accepted definition. It might keep you alive, but it will not keep you nourished and healthy. Big Food doesnt really care if you die from eating this stuff, as long as you dont keel over immediately then theyd be liable. They dont care if you develop cancer or if you are malnourished. That actually just helps out their buddies at Big Pharma. Then they can go play golf together on the proceeds. There is a conspiracy afoot and you can find evidence of the massive deception as close as your nearest grocery store, fast food establishment, or corner store. They are selling poisonous artificial food, and people are happily paying them for it. Commit Nutritional Anarchy. Rebel. Just say no to food-like substances. Declare war on Big Food. This article first appeared at Nutritional Anarchy. Daisy Luther is a freelance writer and editor with a passionate interest in food freedom and activism. She regularly commits acts of Nutritional Anarchy by growing and preserving food on her small organic farm in the Pacific Northwestern United States. She is the author of The Pantry Primer: How to Build a One Year Food Supply in Three Months. Daisy is the founder of The Organic Prepper, where she writes about healthy prepping liberty, and survival issues. 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