I just stumbled upon this fascinating and alarming article about modern food processing and how it is affecting the human race.

The article is authored by Sally Fallon, a journalist, researcher, and author of Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats. Her message is stark: Animal fats and cholesterol are vital factors in the diet, necessary for normal growth, proper function of the brain and nervous system, protection from disease and optimum energy levels.

Among her claims: MSG causes obesity and is associated with increased societal violence, pesticides used in fruit farms concentrate in our juice and cause disease, and tests on rats show that cereal boxes are better for us than the cereal inside it.

Ms. Fallon concludes that, due to over processing of our food, humans are on a dangerous path. She says, "We know from animal studies that if you continue a deficient diet for three generations, reproduction ceases and that's what we're seeing now. About 25% of our couples are infertile, and if we don't go back to a diet that produces good facial structure and good health, the human race will simply die out."

Wow. That's a big claim. And regardless of whether or not you buy in, the article is definitely worth a read.