Is our food made for us? Or are we made for our food?

I really do love this question, Ive always thought things like oh my goodness what did people drink to get rehydrate after working out before there were sports drinks with electrolytes? honestly; people create foods for the new situations that they put themselves in. Now people take vitamin pills and supplements to get what they need daily for their body because they choose to eat things that have no nutritional value. Some don't even do that. For the past chunk of time the U.S. has been focusing all on the taste of food, and the poor food quality apparently the better it tasted for most and people were chopping at the bit to get there hands on Starbucks, McDonald's, pizza hut. In this new chunk of time, we are moving move toward organic and fat free while exposing whats really in those products.

Exposing whats really in food is what Ive been looking at ever since this class. the sight that i found that was pretty disturbing but also very informative was a sight called the meat trix kinda like the matrix but in the world of the farming industry. Ever since I saw that, I haven't eaten anything that wasn't made at home, and bought from the pcc or trader joes. Because all i can think about now is whats going on in those slaughter houses or holding pens. and truthfully its not that they are killed inhumanly which of course makes a big difference, its that they are not humanly treated and so they do not experience anything that their species normally does, not being able to move around and exercises keeps all the poisonous fats in their muscles and thats what we eat. The nutritional value is different in the meat of the animals that are treated properly.

http://www.themeatrix.com/

try and watch some of the movies on this sight, they're pretty great. Maybe even could be used for future classes.

For the last bit, I wanted to talk about the importance of cooking and preparing your own food. In the store your buying something that is made to look fantastic, and if thats what you want then thats what drives you but what your eating isn't necessarily the best.

Even though both these cakes have high sugar, what i want to focus on is the die content in the frosting's. here is a great blog about store dye's and now most of these colors should never be found in food.. http://greenlivingottawa.com/2009/03/10/happy-food-dye-to-you/