I just finished my lunch and I have to confess that while eating it I didn't consider consuming the food and drink as anything "extraordinary" (although Wendy's food is quite tasty) or "artificial" (definitely not that). Taking in necessary nourishment is just something that living things do, and is characteristic of life. I learned that in 10th grade biology. And here all this time we should have been thinking of it as "artificial means" of preserving life. Geez, the wonders that can be had by the judicial twisting of language...
Hahhahahaa...sounds like you had some decent life support for lunch.