You are right on target: the food and the media. Unwise consumption makes us vulnerable. TV puts the mind into alpha within 60 looking at it—-in alpha our defense is gone and we are susceptible to indoctrination and suggestion. The food makes us sick and weak. Eating the meat of traumatized animals and taking on their trauma. Aspartame is a mind control drug.  Eat fresh vegetables. Read Rumi and the Gospel of Thomas.  Religion is a brainwash. Christ is real. He is here on earth now, but rare to find in churches. All religions lead us away from the power within and externalize the reality that is God. Christ/Buddha nature is in you right now. It is what you are. There is no power greater than the love within your own heart.  Pharmaceuticals are another brainwash. Take care of your body, the three brains (brain, heart, gut). Move your body. Yoga. Exposure to nature.  The more time I spend with what is real, the less likely I am in having my awareness colonized by their programming.