In the documentary of Food Inc they give a raw, unfiltered portrayal of the processing of the food we eat via. fast food, grocery store and packaged food.
By far the fast food industry has the absolute worst food available. The GMO vegetables are probably the best of the worst. The meat products are abominable along with the methods they use to preserve the safety of the meat for consumption. Then the amount of sugar in the bread product and the abundance of calories makes this food pretty much inedible.
Instead of fixing the source of the issues they keep using bandaids for the problems. Coming up with more innovative solutions and additives to help kill off the bacteria in the rancid meat used in their products.
In 2011 they were scolded for using "pink slime" amongst many other chemicals in non food products found in McDonalds menu items. McDonald's response to the accusations in 2014, "McDonald's USA says: 'Lean finely textured beef treated with ammonia, what some individuals call “pink slime" or select lean beef trimmings, is not used in our burgers. Any recent reports that it is false.'" They make it sound like the accusations of them using this is ludicrous. Even though they put an article out disclosing the removal of the product.
The company's explanation for the use of these products in their food, is to set the mind at ease from the "scary sounding words" rather than the use of these substances. Just because they won't kill you dead on the spot, in very low doses doesn't mean we belong ingesting them.
I am not just picking on McDonalds, it's all fast food. And not just fast food, but most sources of food. Since you are preparing the food from the grocery store at home, you have control over what is added in the preparation. It's not bad due to the fact of the content of sugar and sodium, but for the product we are getting isn't much better if you don't or can't afford to buy organic.
Since I have had my food epiphany going to the grocery store is much different for me now. Instead of seeing isles of food as I once did, I now see poisonous products. I have to take the time to read the labels on products, even the ones I know because if any big brand, company buys them they don't have to advertise the search in ownership. With two small children it is a very difficult task. Because of how deceiving packages are, you have to look.
When I see people taking their families to fast food places or getting commercial foods
I cringe on the inside. I would never voice my opinions to someone trying to feed their family it just makes me sad because they deserve better! Our food is slowly making us sick possibly killing us and we all deserve better.
Disclaimer: these photos are from the web I am not using them to gain recconession only to give a visual representation of the feelings of my blog.
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