Food: Your Hidden Human Right?

Dr. Alok Chopra, a cardiologist with extensive experience, asserts that our health is the cornerstone of all human rights. He contends that current health challenges, including the explosion of chronic diseases and the impact of lifestyle choices, were not anticipated when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was established.

Chopra highlights the alarming prevalence of disease-causing ingredients such as refined sugars, industrial seed oils, and artificial additives in food products, even those intended for children. He draws a contrast with previous generations, whose diets lacked these detrimental components, suggesting our bodies are not equipped to process them.

This perspective reframes processed food as a "lifestyle injustice," arguing that the right to clean, unadulterated food, free from ingredients that trigger inflammation, obesity, diabetes, and heart disease, is as crucial as the rights to clean air and water. Ultimately, Chopra concludes that all other human rights become meaningless without the fundamental right to health and nourishing food.