I’m not opposed to an occasional “treat” in terms of food or drink. What I think is that eating healthful food consistently enables a person to have that treat.

Who can resist a chocolate bar waiting in line to buy groceries when you’re hungry? Right.

Having a treat every so often is what I recommend. Not consistently reaching for the processed food or chemical-laden or unhealthy-fat loaded food. Making this an infrequent choice.

What I’m in favor of when it comes down to it is making educated informed choices. Not relying on science-deniers or others to tell us what to think and believe about what’s right.

In the extreme this comes down to the 1990s when “Ketchup is a vegetable” was the prevailing wisdom. We haven’t gotten much farther than this with the new leaders of the Old Guard.

Using our brains to figure out what to think and what to do and how to eat won’t get old. I realize that AI is here to stay for better and worse at the same time. We should not be outsourcing our intelligence when it comes to choosing how we live our lives.

It comes down to common sense too. Knowing that “straitjacketing” our mouths and expecting total goodness in terms of how we eat is unrealistic and an unlivable lifestyle.

My motto is “Everything in moderation.”

More to come on my current eating plan.