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01 Apr 08

Today, a mere four crops account for two-thirds of the calories humans eat.
The sheer novelty and glamour of the Western diet, with its 17,000 new food products introduced every year, and the marketing muscle used to sell these products, has overwhelmed the force of tradition and left us where we now find ourselves: relying on science and journalism and marketing to help us decide questions about what to eat.
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- The American Heart Association charges food makers for their endorsement.