Rural hospitals all over the country have been slowly eliminated. Research from my dissertation in 1990 showed the trend then (which was discouraging). It’s sad in that many people rely on these institutions for their health care and many are ‘place bound’ with no way to travel 50+ miles to a larger city for care.
Yes, it works. Search for non GMO and other processed food; you can find them. Eat ‘good’ fish, beef, protein, cut out all the trash and you will lose weight.
As a teenager I worked in a large grocery store. Every type of person would come through the aisles and check stands. When I advanced to “checker” I realized that some customers were absolute idiots. However, you try and be ‘nice’ to everyone; hard to do with ‘pure’ idiots.