"oh food now has so much added to it, past food was so pure and untainted" victorians used to cut bread with chalk and aluminum powder. romans put lead in the wine, which was made from dirty feet mushing unwashed grapes covered in horse shit and road dust. i think our species will survive a few additives in food. our food systems have never been cleaner and safer. it has room for improvement, but we're not putting fucking plaster of paris in the milk
#people think the food additive situation in the past was BETTER???? #baby i am begging you to google 'swill milk' (via @json-derulo)
Exactly. Food doesn't have more additives today; it's just required to REGULATE and LABEL the additives.
But to these "alternative health" types, visibility = the problem. It's the exact same logic behind claims that people had fewer allergies in the past - Nah, you just didn't hear about them because children ~*died mysteriously*~ more often!
