[extropy-chat] Putting another yank on the barbi (wasGM Food)

[Robert Bradbury]

On 12/12/05, The Avantguardian <avantguardian2020 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Alas the average American can hardly be considered
> free range. We are reared in cubicles or on sofas and
> fed a diet consisting mostly of high fructose corn
> syrup and trans-fats chocked with preservatives. We
> also tend to fortified with substances of dubious
> nutritional value ranging from caffeine to prozac. All
> in all, I would say that radioactive lard would be
> more nutritious than the typical American.



Stuart,  you do realize of course that most of those preservatives are
anti-oxidants...  In fact I believe that there were some longevity studies
done in mice using BHT and/or BHA as dietary supplements.  And recent NMR
studies as well as memory and reasoning tests I believe have shown that
caffeine is quite useful for bumping the brain up a several degrees in its
capabilities.  I've also seen literature with the argument that fructose is
better than glucose because you are limited by enzyme availability in the
fructose to glucose conversion path which would tend to keep blood glucose
levels lower and have anti-diabetic and presumably lifespan extending
consequences.  Prozac presumably makes us less depressed and more likely to
resist becoming a food supply for others.  Haven't you watched *any* of the
Matrix movies?  Many of us (Americans) aren't particularly keen on being
used by anybody for anything (food source, energy source, slave labor, etc.
etc.).

:-;
Robert
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