So lately I've been becoming a little paranoid about eating junk food/processed food/fast food. I mean my parents for year have been telling me that its not good to eat such filth but I didn't listen. But now as I scrutinize the package labels these days, what the hell am I putting in my body? I picked up a bottle of Nestea "Peach-flavored" Green Tea with my lunch today because we all know Green Tea is good for you. But what's this? Potassium sorbate? Sodium Benzoate? And EDTA (to preserve that artificial peach taste) along with phosphoric acid?! So along with the phosphoric acid providing me that tangy taste, it can also remove any rust that seems to be lying around my stomach and maybe make my bones a little brittle.

I still drank it though, because I am a pawn in the consumer game of life and I like my junk food, but then the whole mortality question comes into play. I wonder how many chemicals are being pumped through my body right now with all the artificial colors/flavors and preservatives that were added to my tasty but somewhat toxic food?

I've also been thinking about this because we just got into season 4 of Northern Exposure on DVD. There's a character named Mike Monroe, which is played by Anthony Edwards of ER and Top Gun fame, where his body has completely gone haywire due to all the chemicals that we have introduced into the environment. It makes me wonder if one day that I too could start just breaking out and vomiting from OD-ing on "natural tea essence?"