Saturday, March 20, 2010

put me over the edge

i read fast food nation a couple of years ago and chew on this with zach, but watching food inc has really hammered it home. this country grows, slaughters, produces and sells something that is called food, but it is far from anything resembling the real thing. if you've been reading this blog, you know that for the past 7 weeks i've been eating healthier....a non-processed, locally grown, organic, sodaless, meatless and chickenless diet. mostly veggies, lots of fruits, etc. and no fake food.

i've gone through many changes since i started on this journey. some are things i expected, others i did not. i expected to feel much better and i do. i didn't expect to become so disgusted with our country's idea of food, lack of quality and caring about people and animals. that allowing the spread of salmonella is accepted. that using bleach to clean chickens is ok. that feeding animals corn and fillers is now just what they eat. and then we're supposed to eat this so-called food?

the concept of "voting" 3 times a day when you cook a meal is powerful. that shopping for local and organic when you're in the market should be the goal. the fact that it costs more to eat healthy is outrageous. and education is so needed in communities where diseases like diabetes are rampant. and in these neighborhoods, it's easier and cheaper to eat a $1 meal at mcdonald's than healthy food.

wwcd: tomorrow we'll hopefully have universal healthcare - how about nutrition education next?

3 comments:

  1. Oh yay! Now you're ready to move out here to the West Coast and be a leftie, Whole Foods-loving,roasted kale eating, crunchie-granola hippie!

    Frankie's school is awesome and their hot lunch program is by a local company that makes 100% organic lunches, and they have a garden with chickens that they feed worms and other bugs. It's so great!

    As depressing as the big picture is, there are lots of local programs like this one, people trying to get their kids healthy, yummy food. There's a glimmer of hope.

    Come on out...join the dark side!

    xo Lyla

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  2. I found this to be of interest....http://www2.wholefoodsmarket.com/blogs/jmackey/2009/08/14/health-care-reform-full-article/

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  3. I hear your frustration - and deep desire to help those who are suffering from the diseases and patterns resulting from bad food. Michelle Obama has been drawing attention to these same issues. The 15,000 members of the Park Slope food coop also support this point of view. The reasons why our corporate structures support ill health are myriad - it is all about money. You might enjoy this blog www.eatdinner.org/ put up by one of my yoga students (with a PhD in the subject of nutrition and public health).

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