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Some people think people ate healthier food than today's people do. Maybe they believe pollution in modern society can have a bad effect on food. However, in my opinion, people who live in present do eat better food because people in modern society have more variety of ingredients with better condition and are able to get improved ingredients.
To begin with, modern people have wider selections than ancestors did. This is because of the development of transportation system. In the past, it takes much time to deliver fresh food to market. When the vegetation was moved from the farm to the city, it could be spoiled. This allowed only local people to access fresh and nutritious food. However, thanks to the advancement of transportation system, fresh food can be sent from the farm to the city in a very short time. This helps current people get fresher and more nutritious food, which means people in current society can get wider variety of food.
On top of that, people in modern society can access improved ingredients with the help of advanced agricultural technology. As biotechnology is matured, people can modify the gene of vegetables. These vegetables are called genetically modified organism (GMO) and they have special features. They can produce particular enzymes which can help to prevent from some disease, have a resistance against harmful insects, and would not be spoiled in harsh environment. Moreover, they do not have any impact on human's genetic integrity. This definitely makes people have more nourished diet. To sum up, current people can have wider selections of fresh ingredients and get more useful ones than people in the past did. In this regard, I think contemporary people have better diet than people in the past did. |