We are so far removed from our food and its
sources. A lot of our food, so-called food is made from a slew of hard
to pronounce ingredients, in far away factories, packaged, and then
shipped to the grocery store.
Animals no longer graze their natural
habitat. Instead, they are confined and slaughtered in giant factories,
known as feedlots. It’s very rare to have seen or known the animal that
we prepare and eat. Most of us would prefer not to see Emily the cow get
electrocuted and then have her throat slit. We cringe at the thought.
We don’t even want to be bothered with the skin or bones anymore. Hence,
skinless, boneless chicken breast. Think about it…If you had to hunt,
kill, and clean the animal…How much meat would you eat?
Fruits and vegetables are grown in massive
fields and sprayed with gross amounts of pesticides. We’ve never touched
the soil, or pulled up the roots. Some of our fruits and vegetables
travel thousands of miles before they make it to the grocery store.
That’s how we can enjoy strawberries in the dead of the winter. Such an
oddity, we all know strawberries are the taste of summer. Or do we?
We are so very disconnected from our food.
As we evolve, we try to do things more efficiently, but along the way
we’ve created quite a mess with our industrialized food system. It’s all
convenient. It’s all nicely packaged. It’s all wrong.
I’m just one gal on a mission to create a
healthier lifestyle for myself. Along the way, I’ve done a lot of
reading, viewing of films, and realize that a healthy lifestyle begins
with the food that I eat. I want to share what I learned with others. I
hope I don’t come off as a pretentious, know-it-all. I'm not. I really
just want to help you make better informed decisions.
Originally posted April 16, 2012.
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