It's not your fault

We knew if you want to drive down cost,
the strategy would be produce more,
US produce 40 million more tons of corn than 3 years earlier in 1973,
but how and who is going to consume this excess amount of corn?
American would have to eat average of 746 ears of corn per person!
Luckily, Japanese scientists found a way to mass-produce sweetener from corn in 1960s,
hence the high fructose corn syrup is born,
perfect solution to solve the surplus of corn and shortage of sugar.

Processed food filled with immense calories,
We evolved where food is hard to come by,
This activate your survival instinct "Eat More!" because next meal is uncertain.
Same goes with processed flour used in pizza, bread, donut, noodles.
People eat process food consume an average of 500 calories more a day than those sticking to unprocessed foods.

We create a food environment with additives cheap processed food and expensive natural food,
43% of adults in US reported feeling more anxious than in the previous year. American Psychiatric Association (2024)
Phone is the pacifier atrophying us more social anxiety and loneliness,
We created this environment and we say "Good Luck"

Yeah, you could blame the government but it's still your personal responsibility,
no one point a gun in your head when you eat unhealthy food after all,
Asch Conformity Experiment showed our instinct to conform with group even it's against our judgement,
Nazi regime is awful but you risk your life if you not conform.

Fortunately we have freedom now,
that's why the idea of courage to be disliked is endorsed by many,
because wanting to be liked just leaves you miserable.

3 Forces
Business profit
Biological instinct
Social Pressure