system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Why is there a movement towards 'natural' (organic vegetables, grass fed meat, anti-drug culture) and does it have any merit.

This is really inspired by my flatmate, who berates any remotely processed food, doesn't 'believe' in aspirin and commonly says things along the line of "if something is good for you, it will be natural."  His passionate disbelief and criticism  of  so many things annoys me to no end, but I can't seem to find decent sources to disprove him.
gpt
Part of it stems from the industrialized chain of food production in many developed countries. The further you are removed from the site of production, the less control you have over how the production is taking place. Today, most people in the developed world have little or no idea about how food is processed, and it doesn't take more than a few unfortunate incidents to make people sceptic to the 'evil capitalistic corporations' that pump your food full of 'bad stuff' to make a profit. Thus, they turn to products where they perceive the process as more transparent and thus feel they have more control over the risk they expose themselves to.