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...though, that the fault lies not in us but on our plates. Americans are probably no more orally compulsive than they were 100 years ago, but the food has mutated, diversified, proliferated and fused in ever more outlandish combinations. Rockefeller University obesity researcher Jules Hirsch estimates that there were about 500 foodstuffs available to Americans 100 years ago, compared with more than 50,000, ranging from pop-tarts to Portobello mushrooms, today. Food, which once served primarily as a cure for hypoglycemia, has become an entertainment medium...
...Hirsch: "I don't know, but that seems like a more legitimate question for a game show...
...Hirsch: "Dental decay, nearsightedness, no knee reflex ((correct...
...Hirsch: "Thomas Jefferson ... that...
...Hirsch: "The Locarno Pact. Don't ask me the rest...