Walking through a supermarket nowadays should actually scare you. There’s almost no real food left on the shelves.
I’d say 95% of the goods sold are pure sugar, cheap fats, and highly processed junk that doesn’t benefit your body at all. Want to buy salmon? Sure, it’s from some aquaculture in Norway two thousand kilometers away, pumped full of antibiotics. Cereals, energy drinks, sodas, frozen pizzas—all packaged for your convenience. You’re essentially feeding yourself poison with nice packaging.
Portion sizing is completely broken, too. I don’t need a kilo of potatoes; you end up using maybe 60%, and the rest rots in the corner because you forgot about it.
The dose makes the poison—but in a culture of endless abundance, excess itself ruins the value of everything.
Most grocery chains have even built their own complex apps now, analyzing your buying behavior and luring you with discounts just to stretch their margins. The US is the absolute peak of this system. While I was in New York, I almost felt like starving. You end up trapped in a narrow loop of fresh bagels, smoothies, and a few Asian spots just to avoid the hotdog trap.
Next time you walk the aisle, ask yourself: Are you actually buying food, or just paying for packaging?