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The catchphrase ‘It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature’ was a hit marketing campaign for margarine in the 1970s. The phrase really stuck in people’s minds, kind of like how margarine globs onto English muffins, or crackers, or any of the thousands of ultraprocessed items available in the miles of grocery aisles manufactured by a handful of multinational conglomerates under the guise of a plethora of brands. Of course, it also resonated because it’s so obvious, or at least it should be.  Oren Lyons* often used a similar and more meaningful version of this phrase, even before the margarine commercials….