With the holidays once again upon us, food — acquisition, preparation, consumption — is on our minds.

Food, glorious food — or is it?

Did you know that to produce cheese, a cocktail party favorite, more methane gas is released into the atmosphere than carbon — or that processed cheese contains high levels of nitrosamines, which may cause Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease?

Pre-grated cheese contains cellulose, which is extracted from wood. Most chickens are pumped full of drugs; “free-range” can mean chickens, packed tightly, may gaze at “a ray of light streaming through a door.”

In 2015, the World Health Organization proclaimed processed meats like bacon were in the category of Group 1 carcinogens — along with cigarettes and diesel-engine exhaust fumes.

Octopuses apparently possess H

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