It’s a common saying that We are what we eat. And in many ways it’s very true. But in these days do we really know what we’re eating?
Do we know what’s really in that burger?
Do we know what that pizza is truly made up of?
Do we know how healthy that fried chicken we’re eating was?
Do we know what kind of drugs, anti-biotics and hormones are in the meat, fruits and vegetables we buy and eat?
Do we know how healthy the animals or plants were before they were packaged for us?
No. We simply do not know all this. We just know that our food is not like it used to be. It’s unnatural now. How unnatural? No idea. How healthy? Is it healthy in the first place?
We hear of all the different stuff that’s happening. We hear about all the different reasons behind diseases like Mad cow disease and Birds Flu, …etc. We hear about the bad treatment of the animals, the bad conditions they’re in and the fact that they eat parts of other animals as well as each other’s remains.
It’s disgusting and revolting.
We hear about all the stuff that’s being done to vegetables and fruits, all the genetic tests being done on them, …etc.
Nowadays, neither fruits nor vegetables have any taste anymore. They’re merely tasteless different looking objects that we eat and try to convince ourselves we’re enjoying.
We are what we eat.
But we do not know what we’re eating, so we simply don’t know what we are!
We don’t know what the hell we’ve injected into our system during these years and years of eating this unnatural food that is being thrown at us.
We don’t know what kind of hormones, drugs, anti-biotics, diseases and more we’ve made part of us.
But we should know!
We should choose what’s good and healthy for us.
We should choose healthy natural organic old-fashioned food.
We should know what it is we’re eating.
We should know what we are!
I agree with you, but… Can we really know? Although eating, biologically speaking, is all about fuelling our bodies, it’s also (at least to many of us) about enjoyment. Would we still feel that if we had to scrutinise every morsel of food that passes our lips? But of course we should try. I always go for the organic meat, when I have a choice. Not only because of health, but also because it simply tastes better. I try, but I still want to enjoy my food. There’s a risk in everything, from drinking water to breathing city air.
Yeah I know, and I agree with you.
For example, just after writing this post on Saturday, I went out and got a delicious unhealthy pizza for dinner, lol.
It’s unresistable 😛
But we should try, when we can, to choose and go for the healthiest.
Yes I agree on trying our best to choose what we eat. Studies are showing that the unhealthy food we’re eating includes materials that add up in our bodies with time causing toxics to build up and helping cancer cells to develop, therefore, we should re-consider our choice of food no matter how hard it was.
Oh my dear MMM, basically u sound more like a pessimist in this article 😛 LOL
Personally, I don’t like eating (believe it or not), I would rather drink water and juices for the whole day. My mom always complains about this to ppl telling them that I don’t eat 75% of the foods Allah created on our planet 😉
Well, u r right, we should eat organic food, but remember my dear friend that is costs a lot, which many ppl cannot afford, unfortunately.
I once had a research to do about our dietary habits. As I was surfing the internet, I found an article with this same topic, however, it wasn’t talking about the mass of unhealthy foods we eat everyday. This article was about how our blood types determines the types of food each individual should eat and avoid. It was a really interesting research that I enjoyed doing 🙂
Unfortunately, there r many factors as well that would force u to eat whats so called “junk-food”, or “fast food”. Some of them r financial, others might be that we “like” eating them as a sort of change, while others might be that ur wife works and can’t cook everyday, and so u’ll have to order pizza just like what u did 😛 😉
After all, nobody lives more than what Allah has determined for them, whether u eat healthy food or not. Of course its better if we die healthy rather than dying suffering from all types of diseases “Allah Akbar, Ba3d Elsharr), but I guess its almost impossible to change the habits that are newely inherited in us.
Allah Karim
Oh, u might wanna add another question:
What is in the water we drink???
Just to make things sound worse than u have already made them, LOL 😛 😉
Nah, I’m not a pessimist,lol.
It’s just that the idea crossed my mind and I thought I’d share it with you. It’s the truth that is dark in this case not how I see it 😛
Well, I agree with you, organic food is expensive these days, and not everyone has the money to live off it.
That’s a problem.
And our governments should take care of it and help these producers of natural organic food to produce more and be able to sell at more competitive prices.
Anyway sometimes people overdo it. They aren’t ready to buy healthier vegetables or fruits for a little extra amount of money but are ready to pay for a Big Mac meal that costs more and which is unhealthier.