I was talking to a friend this morning on my way to work, (not to worry I was using a hands free device) and we were talking about food (umm hello, I love food). She was saying that she watched Food Inc. (please go watch it, it's free on the internet, just do a little searching) anyways, she was saying that we don't really know what we are putting into are bodies at times and maybe that is what is causing all different types of cancers and other diseases. (JUST A THEORY but I've heard this same type of thing before from another source....probably a different friend).
Actually for lent I was going to 'give up' processed foods, but that seemed a bit overwhelming. I mean, how far was I going to take the term 'processed?' So instead, I'm going to try to return Back to Basics and actually COOK something instead of opening a box/container/pre-cooked/instant whatever. I mean, haven't we been doing that for thousands of years, cooking not opening boxes, and in the last 100 years we have revamped how humans eat?
But does making bread in a bread machine count as cooking? I think yes. My grandfather used to make his breads, sans bread machine!
Let's return 'Back to Basics' when it comes to eating. There are so many processed foods out there, with a million ingredients on the list. Let's think about this, agriculture began 10,000 years ago and people have been eating what they grew themselves or what their neighbors grew for generations. Now things are shipped all over creation, sprayed and manufactured to contain some unpronouncable 'foods.' Have we made agriculture any better or more harmful?
Bread machine bread definitely counts as cooking, or at least I tell myself that :)
ReplyDeleteIt's so overwhelming to try and be mindful about where food is coming from and what it can be doing to our bodies. It's easy to take it too far I think.
I went to see Alton Brown last night at the Hippodrome and he said that we as a nation need to stop only wanting the cheapest food. It's sustenance for our body, why aren't we willing to spend a little more for ourselves and our family? That really resonated with me. We go to Sam's Club to get our chicken because it's the cheapest....but what does that REALLY mean? If it's the cheapest then that means the chickens are raised cheaply which equals terribly. It's a scary scary thought.