It is sad.

Seems just about everything we eat, from genetically modified vegetables to genetically modified meats, are really working against us instead of for us. Sure, that chicken leg you're eating may be about the same size of the leg on the dinner table... but don't thank good genetics for that, thank growth hormones and other animal products that may or may not be safe for human consumption. (The FDA jury is still out on quite a few products...)

On top of that, everywhere you look you see some kid guzzling a soda or energy drink like it's water. It's been proven that drinking too much soda can result in lower potassium levels in the blood, and overall poor health, but every couple of weeks some new carbonated poison is released in the market. It's no wonder so many people are sadly faced with a late diagnosis and discover that treatment really isn't much of an option anymore... they've been going through life for years feeling like total crap because of the unhealthy things they consume, and when they were actually faced with a life-threatening ailment they don't even know about it right away because they don't feel any different.

That's why I try to shop at supermarkets that always carry fresh organically grown products, even though the closest one is nearly an hour away from me. I'd love to have several acres of farmland where I could at least be self-sufficient, but that's not in the cards right now. Keeping my fingers crossed that I don't become another 30-40 year old cancer statistic, but I really wouldn't be all that surprised if I did. It is becoming frighteningly common.