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Sunday, February 22, 2009
Mmmmmm Food
Have you ever been sick in bed with the flu and you just wanted to eat some soup whether it was Campbell’s or just any kind to make you feel better? Or have you ever had problems with you boyfriend or girlfriend that all you do is eat chocolate, candy, ice cream, etc., a lot of junk food to distract you from how you feel? It could be any problem like a fight with your sibling or friends that when times get rough all you want to do is eat. Many people go out to bars or restaurants to feel better either by drinking or eating a whole lot of food. You can even get creative when eating food like popcorn with chocolate or chocolate on top of some more chocolate. It is just like smoking cigarettes, everyone who does it feels better because it relives stress but instead of getting addicted food, it’s just there for you emotionally.
It seems that everyone can relate to eating food when placed in different foods, but why do we result in food to find comfort? Food is just something that gives you relief, its something you can depend on that will not call you names or make you feel sad; it just makes you feel good. From experience, every time I get into an argument or disagreement with my boyfriend, we don’t talk as much or see each other so I tend to eat more than I usually do. I eat a lot of candy bars, sweet and sour candy, or just ice cream, that in the end it would have been better if we would of just talked about the situation. If we know that there is an alternative solution rather then just eating, why do we still do it? I guess we just don’t know to talk to one another or have low communication skills, that we don’t handle the situation with any thought. Food is something that is always going to be there at any time. Have you ever been placed or find this effect similar to you as it is to me? Or is it something just unnatural and we should get a different alternative?
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Got Milk ?
Many people have had lots of reasons why milk is good for you and why we should drink it often or have it in our disposal at anytime. There are many types of milk like 2% or whole milk, they are actually very different and it can be used as an ingredient for many various foods. Also, it is a good source of calcium, vitamins and minerals that keep our bones and teeth strong and healthy. It has even been said that milk can be an excellent way to achieve weight loss and since the prices of milk never vary, you can’t rather go to a liquor store instead of a grocery store to get it, it’s the same price everywhere. However, if milk is so important to us humans, then why don’t many people drink it as much or at all?
Some people, just think that milk isn’t essential, that there are many other different ways to get protein or vitamins in there body to be just as healthy. Even though they could do that, it’s not the same. Basically, they find other forms of milk and take that. For example, ice cream, cheese, or yogurt that is the same thing, but if it were the same thing why can’t people just drink milk. It is less expensive and a liquid which could be easily drunk. Most likely people just prefer different tastes because whole milk is pretty plain, that they are all just use to having more flavor in there drinks and foods. Just how people need to drink water but instead they prefer drinking flavored water or even Gatorade.
Still there are many who just cannot drink it because they think they are allergic to it by saying they are lactose and tolerant. What does that really mean? What do they improvise it with? Soymilk would not be so great, it’s not the same thing, and you would be missing out of a lot of different foods or desserts that have milk in them. Essentially, it is something that cant be replaced, everyone needs it to be healthy.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Fast Food: Friend or Foe
First let’s start by asking a question, who doesn’t like fast food? Everyday many people consume it, whether it’s for breakfast, lunch, and/or dinner, you just think its so fast and easy not thinking about the consequences. I myself use to work at a fast food place and use to see the same people eating there everyday, the same thing. Doesn’t it get tiring? But you know what, everyone has there weaknesses and favorites, whether it be a Big Mac from McDonald’s or a whopper from Burger King, people just can’t get enough of it. With all the commercials and billboards on the freeways or streets, they influence our ways of thinking and they suggest we should eat there; food is always better on the go. If you notice, the picture on the billboard or the hamburger on television, it looks nothing like it in real life. We all know that, and are always thinking “This isn’t what it’s suppose to look like” but yet we keep going back for more.
Your eventually going to pay a price for consuming fast food, yeah it’s cheap but also unhealthy, by all the calories, all the saturated fat and sodium that makes a person fatter, clogged arteries and a high blood pressure. I mean if it’s so dangerous why eat it? The recommended daily calories for women are about 2000; for men it’s 2500. Fast food is just going to make it worse, you only think in that moment and be like “yeah I want some right now” but yet want to complain later on. People protest and get upset about being fat everyday. You notice that even though they might work out and try to diet, the next day it’s like what happened, they’re back to eating fast food; they obviously don’t care that much but yet they blame the fast food industry for it. Even some fast food restaurants like Carl’s Jr. show their menu with the nutrition information to let their customers be aware. Isn’t that ironic? If they’re telling you that there single guacamole burger is 850 calories, 500 calories from fat, sodium 1430, etc., why eat it? It’s a heart attack waiting to happen. At one point you should think about what do you value and should start watching what you eat.
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