In our high tech and fast-paced world tools and appliances have become indispensable. They are not only there to hasten chores and tasks we must do, but also to supposedly make us less stressed, healthier and happier.
Much focus has been given to the present state of health of the human race. Businesses are raking in billions of dollars off it. Realizing our need for more aids, they have been churning up new ones. Take kitchen tools. The campaign to make people eat more home cooked meals has opened up more opportunities for them to create new kitchen appliances and tools. Most of them purportedly make cooking faster and our food healthier and safer.
Who would have think decades ago that the food processor is possible? Now we have a number of versions from the single-task gadget, to the multi-tasker like the Ninja 1100. Each model that comes out is more powerful, more efficient, safer, healthier, etc.
So, when it comes to our health, we ought to be living healthier lives with all our modern amenities. But are we?