EC: Food Inc.

Let me begin by stating that I love food. I am a carnivore with a sweet tooth. I was very apprehensive to watch the Food Inc. movie after watching Fresh, but I figured I already had an idea of what lies ahead, so lets do it! What a shock. It is very sad how unhealthy Americans eat and the fact that we accept this way of life, not only for ourselves, but for our children. Children need nutrients to grow and remain healthy, but instead, they are getting a bunch of additives, fillers and chemicals. It broke my heart when a young girl asked her mother to buy her some fresh pears from the supermarket, but because of the price, the mother said no since she would only be able to purchase two or three of them. The same family compared the price of many items in the store with what they can buy off the dollar menu to feed the family instead. 

Factory farming is not only unhealthy, but it is unnatural. The animals are not left to grow at natures speed, the animals are not being kept in clean living conditions, and what do you think about cannibalistic cows? Well, these factory farms are injecting animals with steroids and other chemicals to get them to grow faster, and the animals are being fed byproducts to plump them up and cows are being fed dead cows, not grass! How is this continuing to happen, and at what point will enough be enough?

Animals being raised in their own waste, for humans to consume.

 

This has got to stop and there has to be another way!

I don't even want to get into the discussion about how unhealthy majority of the meat we consume is. The part that got to me was the fact that one package of hamburger meat could possibly come from thousands of different cows. The United States has seen more recalls in the past twenty to thirty years due to E-coli and other harmful bacteria, than ever before. It is sad that people lose their lives to these type of outbreaks, yet things don't change. The mother of Kevin, a two year old boy who died from E-coli, stated that "...the government is supposed to serve and protect its people, but this isn't happening." And it is a sad but true statement.

Americans are heading down a path of mass destruction. With more children being overweight than ever before, and children actually being diagnosed at such young ages with diabetes, the life expectancy of a normal person has significantly decreased. This statement alone should make folks want to change, and lead a better example for the upcoming generations. It is going to be an uphill battle, and until the government starts to give a damn about its people, and not be so greedy for money, and step in with these big corporations that are helping to make America the sickest and unhealthiest country in the world, well, good luck America.

 

I am not perfect, and I don't eat perfectly, but I do have expectations. Expectations for myself, my family, and my government. You can bet that I will be doing a bit more research about where my food is coming from and what kind of items I let my child eat. I have a choice to eat healthier options instead of convenient ones, but my daughter gets what is given to her, and I vow to keep her healthy as long as I can. Make a promise to yourself, and your family, to do the same. Let your voice be heard to the government or state officials and tell them this is not OK and it is not the right way.

 

"Money doesn't excite me, my dreams excite me!" -Walt Disney