Good Enough to Eat? The toxic truth about Modern Food
“What we eat now is a greater cause of disease & death in the world than either tobacco or alcohol.”
The world is moving to consume more of everything, especially over processed, empty calorie foods, and the impact is staggering. We have to make a change.
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