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  more food + less nutrition = obesity

  "less nutritious plants ... will likely not be a problem for rich nations"

  It's a problem when people in poorer nations just can't get enough food, of course. But even in the (quantitatively) well-fed nations, I think we are already suffering from lower nutrient content in our foods. If Scherer's scenario is right, we'll suffer progressively more with global warming.

  When I'm stuck on the road and have to eat lower quality foods, I find it's hard not to eat too much. No matter how much mass market American food I eat, even if my belly is bulging, I still feel underfed. I have to consciously remind myself that good organic foods are waiting for me at home to avoid pigging out.

  I think most people's bodies similarly feel, at some level, that there isn't a lot of food value in their food. If their minds don't know about nutritionally superior (organic, not overly fertilized) foods, they just have to eat more. Hence, the super-size thing. Hence, endemic obesity -- and its shadow, restrictive diets that leave rich women ironically malnourished.

  I'm saying that poor nutritional quality of mass market foods may already be a cause of disease in the First World.

  Because eating is the most constant, basic enactment of our need to consume things, there may be a connection with the culture of greed as well. If people's bodies never feel well fed, then at a basic bodily level they can never be satisfied with what they have ...
  On In a warmed world, even food won't be as good for you posted 4 years, 3 months ago 4 Responses