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into corn oils which make up most of their caloric intake while the beef in McDonalds burgers
is corn-fed, containing an appalling seven times as much saturated fat as grass-fed beef contains.
Our generation is projected to be the first to have a lower life expectancy than that of our
parents. The excess culture that we live in drastically alters our health and takes our privilege to
such an extent as to hurt ourselves. Excess had often been something to be celebrated, but excess
can indeed become too excessive. Our biggest problem with excess today seems to be a flirtation
with death rooted in too much corn. Ask yourself again. Excess of what? Excess of death by corn.
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