I don't think the relationship between novels and realities are one to one. Of course novels play different roles. It's essentially just a long narrative form. What you use that long narrative form for can be very different.
The sad thing is when it comes to diet is that even when well-intentioned Feds try to do right by us they fail. Either they're outvoted by puppets of agribusiness or they are puppets of agribusiness.
