Times Have Changed

I sat there listening incredulously,
Not believing my ears,
While two grown men,
Truck driver types,
Discussed in infinite detail
The art of dieting
And the quality
Of the food they ate.
They each were acutely aware
Of their calorie intake
As well as the fat
And the salt content
Of the food they ate.
They weren’t your
Run-of-the-mill
Health food fanatics
Or the youthful athletic
Types either.
They were two
Middle-of-the-road
Salt-of-the-earth types,
And such a conversation
Would have been unimaginable
Just a few short years ago.
Grown men just didn’t
Bother themselves
With such things.
The simple act of eating
Had become a complex ordeal.
Times have changed!