THE CREATION STORY- NUTRITION EDITION

<<Based on an email forwarded by Dr. Terry Honer in March 2001 and originally published in Tom Gill Predicts Vol. 15 No. 47 >>
 
 In the beginning God created the heavens and the Earth.
 And the Earth was without form, and void, and darkness  was upon the face of the deep.
 And Satan said, It doesn't get any better than this.
 And God said, Let there be light, and there was light.
 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit, and God saw that it was good.
 And Satan said, There goes the neighborhood.
 And God said, Let us make humanity in our image, after our likeness, and let it have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air and over the cattle, and over all the Earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon 
 the Earth.   And so God created humanity in his own image; male and female God created them.  
 And God looked upon Man and Woman and saw that they were lean and fit.
 And Satan said, I know how I can get back in this game.
 And God populated the earth with broccoli and cauliflower and kale, green and yellow vegetables  of all kinds, so Man and Woman would live long and healthy lives.
 And Satan created fast food and brought forth the Dollar Menu double cheeseburger.  
 And Satan said, You want fries with that?  
 And the people said, Supersize them. And Man and Woman gained 5 pounds.
 And God created the healthful yogurt, that Man and Woman might keep their bodies trim and fair.
 And Satan brought forth chocolate. 
 And Man and Woman gained 5 pounds.
 And God said, Try my crispy fresh salad.
 And Satan brought forth Ben and Jerry's. 
 And Man and Woman gained another 10 pounds.
 And God said, I have sent thee heart healthy vegetables and olive oil with which to cook them.
 And Satan brought forth chicken-fried steak so big it needed its own platter.  And Man and Woman gained 10 pounds and their bad cholesterol went through the roof.
 And God brought forth running shoes and Man and Woman resolved to lose those extra pounds.
 And Satan brought forth cable TV with remote control so Man and Woman would not have to toil to change channels between ESPN and ESPN2, between Oprah and Ellen. And Man and Woman gained another 20 pounds.
 And God said, You're running up the score, Devil.
 And God brought forth the potato, a vegetable naturally low in fat and brimming with nutrition.  
 And Satan peeled off the healthful skin and sliced the starchy center into chips and deep fat fried them. And he created sour cream dip also.  
 And Man and Woman clutched their remote controls and ate the potato chips swaddled in cholesterol. 
 And Satan saw and said, It is good. And Man and Woman went into cardiac arrest.
 And God sighed and created quadruple bypass surgery.
 And Satan created HMOs and the Obamacare web site.