I totally agree with "everything in moderation." So much dietary advice is floating around nowadays, it can make one's head spin. I do try to avoid nasty additives, I buy organic if I have enough money for it, and make as much from scratch as I can. We rarely eat out; can't afford it,anyway.

My dad lived to be 99, and he ate some very strange things. For example: he would take a serving bowl and dump in a heap of corn flakes, add some powdered milk and cooking oil, mix it up, and eat it. That doesn't sound very appealing to me, and I have no idea why he did it.