I was kinda being sarcastic.......We still don't know the long term effects of a lot of these additives........folks back then didn't get the additives but a lot of them died early because of super high cholesterol diets, high sugar diets with not much to treat high blood pressure, heart disease, or diabetes. not to mention all the folks that died from infections that we can easily treat or prevent these days. Modern medicine isn't a total loss. But like most things in life; "if the thunder don't get you, the lightning will!"