My girlfriend asked me what a GMO was the other day. Reality check: I am living in a Whole Foods, health conscious, Kale eating, free of refined sugar bubble. I won't call it dietary snobbery. But it appears I just did.
There is still a large population that never considers what's in their food. Let alone what a GMO is.
It wasn't that long ago that consuming a 2 liter of diet Mt Dew was my snack of champions. My generation is wising up, but many of us are still very conditioned to think that fat free and sugar free are healthy. That 'natural' means something on our label. In fact, I read an article explaining how low consumer confidence was in food purchases. 50% lower than it was 5 years ago. That's significant.
I'm still discovering that old assumptions about a label are all to be scrutinized now. What could the harm in a can of Kidney beans be? They're just kidney beans, correct? Blimey! I've been duped! High Fructose Corn Whaaa? In a can of kidney....oh, bother. I'll just speed-soak my own, freeze them in perfectly portioned baggies and call it a day. This is what I do when I throw up a white flag. Oy-vey.
This is not a fear tactic. Actually, the point is. I will care as much as I feel compelled to. I will not over analyze, over skepticize, over nitpick, over paralyze. I would like to live free and eat free, unbound. chainless and shameless. But with prudence and wisdom as my counselor. Holy Spirit lead me into all truth and wisdom. I claim protection even from the things I DO NOT know are harming me.
So start paying attention (care), then let it go (stop caring). There's the philosophy. There's the written prescription. Following the Great Physician's orders? Now that's an entirely different post for and entirely different day.
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