Malchemy: Converting health to sickness

Alchemy is an ancient pursuit dating back some 40 centuries, an effort to explore immortality, panaceas that cure any and all human diseases, and the conversion of, say, lead to gold to generate endless riches. It was also a collection of efforts that helped divine scientific exploration and explore early chemistry. So what is “malchemy”? Malchemy (mal = bad) is my term for the magical conversion of healthy, slender, well-adapted humans with healthy skin, bones, teeth, and gastrointestinal tracts to that of obese, fatigued, bloated, red-faced, disease-plagued humans, a startling and dramatic transformation. While most aspects of alchemy have never been achieved over the millennia, in the space of 50 years—1% of the time that alchemy was practiced and failed—the magic of malchemy has been mastered. The wisdom of the USDA, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the American Heart Association, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the American Diabetes Association and others have refined malchemy into a science. Having engaged in several decades of advice to cut total and saturated fat, pack the diet with wheat and grains, consume sugar in moderation, move more and eat less, and they have achieved the equivalent of converting a bowl of molten lead into 24-karat gold. If you would like to view the official dietary version of gold that makes the alchemist hugely wealthy, just go to your nearest Walmart or shopping mall: huge people who walk wit...
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